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This is why I use both Amazon Photos and Google Photos simultaneously on all my devices. If one of them screws up I've always got the other one. What I need t

• patrakov 4y ago
  > This is why I use both Amazon Photos and Google Photos simultaneously on all my devices. If one of them screws up I've always got the other one. That's insufficient. If one of then screws up, deletions will likely propagate to the other.
  • Godel_unicode 4y ago
    That’s not how it works.
  • fullstop 4y ago
    Deleted photos in google photos are not deleted. They go into a "trash" folder with a retention period of, if I remember correctly, 14 days. So, yes, they could propagate but you have time to correct the mishap.
  • hassancf 4y ago
    Exactly. And if it’s a local backup, that local backup needs to be taken offline, to avoid the same issue if things get deleted in the cloud
    • aftbit 4y ago
      Or use a versioned backup so you can recover from deletes or corruption. ZFS snapshots, restic versions, even rsync + symlinks can work.
  • bilekas 4y ago
    > That's insufficient. If one of then screws up, deletions will likely propagate to the other. That's not the setup described at least. It's both of the services withing in parallel. > I use both Amazon Photos and Google Photos simultaneously Your scenario would depend on Google being a backup for Amazon or vice versa.