Google Photos
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“Photos is one of the rare Google property where the team is constantly pushing the envelope.”
“I couldn't get off Google Photos, it's just too useful”
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“i’m not going to switch to an ai vibe code of Google Photos”
“The Google Photos is crazy good in comparison to the icloud.”
Caveats and dissent
“I was shocked to see Google's Photos app send me an ad for buying printed printed framed photos.”
“it feels like it might be the same Google Photos tactic of sucking people back into Google.”
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“This is exactly why I don't use it and have it disabled.”
“the backup notification is what renders Photos unusable for me.”
Often compared with
8 moved from Google Photos to Immich
1 moved from Google Photos to EnteAves1 comment mention both
1 moved from Google Photos to AvesApple Photos3 comments mention both
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- How do I permanently disable Google Photos pop-up prompt to backup my photos? 6 mentions
- Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7? 1 mention
- Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy 1 mention
- Noodle Gallery – Self-hosted photo and video manager forked from Immich 1 mention
- Backups Aren't Simple 1 mention
- People who can't picture anything are rewriting the science of imagination 1 mention
Data: google-photos.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 21
“i know Google does really well at keeping my data available, which is what you want for backup.”
“I was shocked to see Google's Photos app send me an ad for buying printed printed framed photos.”
“Even when I adopted using Google Photos, it was as a read only viewer of my canonical photo library”
“Google Photos on my partner’s (syncing on Google Photos)”
“Maybe they could find something similar (Apple Photos, Google Photos, Immich, etc.)!”
“Photos is one of the rare Google property where the team is constantly pushing the envelope.”
“you'll find Google Photos pricing is actually pretty good.”
“This is exactly how I use non-auto-backup Photos”
“I use Google Photos on GrapheneOS, and Google Photos is blocked from network access”
“it feels like it might be the same Google Photos tactic of sucking people back into Google.”
“This is exactly why I don't use it and have it disabled.”
“the backup notification is what renders Photos unusable for me.”
“This exact issue was the final straw for me ditching google photos!”
“I'm not fond of Lightroom Cloud, Google Photos, Apple Photos, etc”
“I use it regularly as an alternative along side Google photos.”
“deleted everything off their services including almost a decade of Google photos”
“I'll never recommend Google Photos to anyone ever again.”
“I couldn't get off Google Photos, it's just too useful”
“i’m not going to switch to an ai vibe code of Google Photos”
“The Google Photos is crazy good in comparison to the icloud.”
“Once they add a few more features to support things like smart albums, I’ll be able to drop Google Photos entirely.”