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The answer in the thread (which is quite hard to find) is to use the Google Photos app without an account. The app has some very nice features that are locked behind account access though.
It's under your profile icon in the top right.
https://support.google.com/photos/thread/256212140?hl=en&msg...
- click on the account icon
- choose switch account and pick use this application without an account
For pixel owners: the Google photos app cannot be uninstalled, but you can disable it using adb.
The only reason to buy a pixel (new or refurbished) is to run Graphene or Lineage anyway :)
[1] https://www.android.com/quick-share/with-iphone/
[2] https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/6550
I have it off. Although not backed up I see the image sorta AI scanned where, for a moment it outlines, segments people for a brief moment. Anyone notice this and what is going on?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every iPhone and Android device can be cloned in a few minutes with physical access. Others with standard base-band cell LTE/G5 modem devices are remote tapped in seconds without user knowledge. The fact is technology can never fix legal policy, privacy protection, or societal issues. =3
> Every iPhone and Android device can be cloned in a few minutes with physical access. Misleading: The data can usually be copied quickly and easily is the encrypted version .
Also the joke meme: https://xkcd.com/538/
The only indication of a remote-compromised system is apparently a slight drop in battery life, and higher than normal background data. Privacy is dead. =3
One of the answers points the right steps to disable the Google account (and the annoying popup) in the Photos app: - click on the account icon - choose switch account and pick use this application without an account
Unfortunately, it seems to completely mess up the interface?
I couldn't even see all photos anymore. Even though I do not use backup at all. So it is not possible that those photos are in the cloud or something.
This exact issue was the final straw for me ditching google photos! I had previously been using syncthing to sync & backup the photos, same as other files on my phone and laptop. I now use Immich [1] (mentioned elsewhere in this thread but without the proper link), having purchased a single-payment lifetime family licence. There is, as I understand it, no benefit to me to purchase it. After a month of use it was clea…
I found it quite inconvenient; you'd try to open the photos app from the photos button on the camera but it didn't work for me. Did you find a way to make the integration decent?
One of the answers points the right steps to disable the Google account (and the annoying popup) in the Photos app: - click on the account icon - choose switch account and pick use this application without an account
Just tried that. Unfortunately, it seems to completely mess up the interface? I couldn't even see all photos anymore. Even though I do not use backup at all. So it is not possible that those photos are in the cloud or something.
Or clear data completely, then open the app "for the first time" and immediately log out.
It'll work, but as you've discovered, google made sure that it isn't the happy path.
Also no search (not even by file name), no albums, some editing functions won't work (even though they're local), and a few more annoyances. but also no more backup prompt...