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.