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Google photos on ios is literally a hostage situation. Remove key functionalities like copying an image or editing an image unless you give them full unrestricted access to your entire photo library. (The holy grail of surveillance capitalism data). Data extortion masquerading as a service.

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[–] bdot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

if you’re not paying for a product, then YOU are the product being monetized.

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Even if you pay for a product, your user data is probably still being monetized.

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[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I dont know that google even is the most convenient product for this anymore. The experience via google, microsoft, and amazon have all gotten so shitty that normal people I know are complaining about it.

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] 7toed@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Hey I just set up Immich about 20 minutes ago! All you lazy dweebs (self inclusive) tteck's community proxmox scripts just pushed an LXC script for immich with all the PITA hardware accel config mostly taken care of

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Not that google isn't capable of epic evil, but have you considered they the might just be completely fucking incompetent at IOS apps :)

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Does iOS have per file permissions? I don't think you can blame Google for something the OS can't do.

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[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I've just set up a self hosted server, with lots of useful Docker containers. Any suggestions for a good image host? I saw immich, and it sounds tempting, any thoughts?

getting my family off of google is proving to be a years long process but it's going to be worth it and i'm not letting corpo scum fool me again

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

~~You~~ I can't open the app without giving full access, and the only reason I use it is it's the only way to have a personalised album on the Chromecast. I'm in the progress of degoogling, a Roku hopefully has ethical options

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