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That’s good, but the part about losing access to the original files, if true, is a deal-breaker.
by leephillips 5y ago
That’s good, but the part about losing access to the original files, if true, is a deal-breaker.
- marwis 5y agoIn theory you can download them all via Takeout but that tends to stop working for huge image libraries. Seems like the only way might be via web scraping.
- aix1 5y agoI'm not certain that's true either (if "Original Quality" is turned on[1]) but haven't tested it. That said, I personally only use Google Photos as a sharing site and do archiving offline. [1] https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6220791 https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6220791
- marwis 5y agoSorry, I should've mentioned this problem applies to images downloaded via API