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> Google Photos gives you free, unlimited online storage for all your original quality photos and 4K videos. So what will happen to your photos when Google dec

> Google Photos gives you free, unlimited online storage for all your original quality photos and 4K videos. So what will happen to your photos when Google decides to "sunset" Google Photos? Also, what happens to your phone/contacts/purchases when Google (AI?) decides you have violated YouTube T&C and locks your account? Edit: Finally, are your phone data used for improving the targeted ads?

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mark_l_watson 8y ago
Obvious suggestion, but: this is why I have my phone automatically copy new pictures to Google Pictures, OneDrive, and Dropbox as soon as my phone gets on a good wifi connection.
- aktau 8y ago
  May I ask which software/app you use that can do this?
  - yash1th 8y ago
    I think all of those apps have an auto upload feature for your photos
- untog 8y ago
  Maybe I'm naïve but I really cannot imagine Google shutting down Photos with no notice. So if they say they are closing it, I'll just downloaded them en masse and upload elsewhere.
enieslobby 8y ago
If Google sunsets Google Photos, they absolutely will provide a way to export them first.
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neuronexmachina 8y ago
> So what will happen to your photos when Google decides to "sunset" Google Photos? I'm pretty sure you can export your photos from Gooogle Photos via Google Takeout: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en
Puer 8y ago
They may have changed it, but if I remember correctly that guarantee in the original quality only lasts for 2 years. So after uploading photos for 2 years, everything is converted to lower quality. They'll also implicitly use your photos for facial recognition and I don't believe there's a way to disable this "feature."
- teddyfrozevelt 8y ago
  The Pixels get 3 years of free full quality photo uploads and after the 3 years, any new photos uploaded from the phone are compressed. Existing photos do not get downgraded. See the fine print at the bottom of these pages: https://store.google.com/product/pixel_2 https://store.google.com/product/pixel_2 https://store.google.com/product/pixel_3 https://store.google.com/product/pixel_3
  - samueldamon 8y ago
    This is true, however, the first-generation Pixel is grandfathered into unlimited original-resolution photos for life.
wetpaws 8y ago
Anecdotally, I was the early user of Picassa that was shut down and all my photos have been automatically migrated to Google Photos, so I would still give Google a benefit of the doubt. But recent stunts from them make it more and more difficult to trust them.

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mark_l_watson 8y ago

Obvious suggestion, but: this is why I have my phone automatically copy new pictures to Google Pictures, OneDrive, and Dropbox as soon as my phone gets on a good wifi connection.

aktau 8y ago
May I ask which software/app you use that can do this?
- yash1th 8y ago
  I think all of those apps have an auto upload feature for your photos
untog 8y ago
Maybe I'm naïve but I really cannot imagine Google shutting down Photos with no notice. So if they say they are closing it, I'll just downloaded them en masse and upload elsewhere.

enieslobby 8y ago

If Google sunsets Google Photos, they absolutely will provide a way to export them first.

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neuronexmachina 8y ago

> So what will happen to your photos when Google decides to "sunset" Google Photos? I'm pretty sure you can export your photos from Gooogle Photos via Google Takeout: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en

Puer 8y ago

They may have changed it, but if I remember correctly that guarantee in the original quality only lasts for 2 years. So after uploading photos for 2 years, everything is converted to lower quality. They'll also implicitly use your photos for facial recognition and I don't believe there's a way to disable this "feature."

teddyfrozevelt 8y ago
The Pixels get 3 years of free full quality photo uploads and after the 3 years, any new photos uploaded from the phone are compressed. Existing photos do not get downgraded. See the fine print at the bottom of these pages: https://store.google.com/product/pixel_2 https://store.google.com/product/pixel_2 https://store.google.com/product/pixel_3 https://store.google.com/product/pixel_3
- samueldamon 8y ago
  This is true, however, the first-generation Pixel is grandfathered into unlimited original-resolution photos for life.

wetpaws 8y ago

Anecdotally, I was the early user of Picassa that was shut down and all my photos have been automatically migrated to Google Photos, so I would still give Google a benefit of the doubt. But recent stunts from them make it more and more difficult to trust them.