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Google/Google Photos

Google products seem to slowly become worse, examples:

  • Gmail no longer recognizes flight itineraries.
  • Google Photos:
    • Removed the map view.
    • Doesn’t let you easily delete all photos.
    • Doesn’t offer a simple way to download everything.
    • Takeout exports require dealing with messy JSON metadata.
  • Google Search:
    • Cluttered with ads.
    • Results feel worse than they used to be.
  • Android removed native phone call recording.
  • YouTube is overloaded with ads.

I just moved away from Google Photos. For geeks I recommend . They're amazing.

Just moved away from Google Photos. For geeks, https://immich.app/ is a great alternative — they're amazing.

To fix the chaos from Google Takeout, I used this https://github.com/TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper.

Would definitely consider paying for Immich if they offered a hosted version.