Yeah. I hate how stuck in I am in the google system. I’ve been migrating away too and ensuring whatever system I use next doesn’t tie me in or make it a pain to leave.
I’m struggling with a google photos alternative though. I’m currently just ignoring the problem and periodically using google takeout to make sure I have a local copy of all the photos.
The issue I have is my GF and parents are on my family account. So I use about 50GB of google photos and they use about 100GB combined. And I pay for the 200GB tier.
We’re all stuck now and you just need to pay indefinitely.
If you’re somewhat tech savvy, look into Nextcloud. I’m running a home server with 4 tb of storage that I share with my wife and adult kids. There are also iOs and android apps that you can use to add/delete/share files. All free and open source.
Yeah. I hate how stuck in I am in the google system. I’ve been migrating away too and ensuring whatever system I use next doesn’t tie me in or make it a pain to leave.
I’m struggling with a google photos alternative though. I’m currently just ignoring the problem and periodically using google takeout to make sure I have a local copy of all the photos.
The issue I have is my GF and parents are on my family account. So I use about 50GB of google photos and they use about 100GB combined. And I pay for the 200GB tier.
We’re all stuck now and you just need to pay indefinitely.
If you’re somewhat tech savvy, look into Nextcloud. I’m running a home server with 4 tb of storage that I share with my wife and adult kids. There are also iOs and android apps that you can use to add/delete/share files. All free and open source.