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Alternative to Google Photos (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/foss

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So I'm looking to disconnect myself from Google and their tracking (as much as possible) and I was thinking about installing GrapheneOS on my Pixel phone. I mostly use my phone for Lemmy, Signal, NewPipe and taking photos. The last one is my biggest bother at the moment. The Google Photos environment is so convenient - I take a photo, it uploads it to my Google Photos collection, and after a while, it deletes it from my phone to clear space, keeping only the cloud backup. Is there a functionality like this disconnected from Google that I would be able to implement on my GrapheneOS phone? I'm looking to invest in the Proton environment (mainly Mail and Drive) so I could use that for storage. Cheers

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[–] GlassHalfHopeful 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This of course presumes that you have a Synology disk station. They come in a variety of different models.

I'm surprised at how much I'm able to serve from my device. I use it for cloud storage, file thinking across devices, photo management and backup across devices, ebook management, running a game server for my family, running an evernote-like service, etc etc.

It's been really good to have full control over all my information and not have to pay ever increasing fees to various companies for various services.

[–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm thinking of the DS423 for media, photos, and notes. No transcoding.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've got the same hw in mine. Although I did buy and install ram to max it out. It's not the most powerful machine out there, but it's plenty enough for us.

[–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, I want to have 8GB of RAM for sure. Thanks for the input. Now time to save up.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful 2 points 1 year ago

Good luck!