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Hey, we're building Ente[1] as an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos. If it helps, Ente has been previously discussed on HN[2][3]. To answer yo

Hey, we're building Ente[1] as an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos. If it helps, Ente has been previously discussed on HN[2][3]. To answer your questions, we support imports from Google Takeout[4], and we stitch together metadata from their sidecar files to make your library whole. We also support Family Plans[5] and have open source apps[6] for every platform. Let me know if you have more questions, would be happy to help! [1]: https://ente.io https://ente.io [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39570692 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28347439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28347439 [4]: https://help.ente.io/photos/migration/from-google-photos/ https://help.ente.io/photos/migration/from-google-photos/ [5]: https://help.ente.io/photos/features/family-plans https://help.ente.io/photos/features/family-plans [6]: https://github.com/ente-io/ente https://github.com/ente-io/ente

quinncom 2y ago
Is it possible to use Ente just for the album sharing feature? I would like to upload a couple dozen images to a gallery and shared the link on social media. It’s not clear if I have save to give it access to all my photos to be able to use that feature. Ideally, I’d be able to create and share an album directly from Apple Photos to Ente.
- vishnumohandas 2y ago
  Yes, you can do just that. If you're using our mobile app, you can grant permissions to access specific images (instead of the whole gallery), and configure Ente to just back those up. Once they've been backed up, you can create an album and share it with a link that comes with some configurations of its own[1]. Now if you are using our web app, you can ignore permissions bit altogether, and just create an album with the images you care about, and create a public link for that album. [1]: https://ente.io/blog/powerful-links/ https://ente.io/blog/powerful-links/

quinncom 2y ago

Is it possible to use Ente just for the album sharing feature? I would like to upload a couple dozen images to a gallery and shared the link on social media. It’s not clear if I have save to give it access to all my photos to be able to use that feature. Ideally, I’d be able to create and share an album directly from Apple Photos to Ente.

vishnumohandas 2y ago
Yes, you can do just that. If you're using our mobile app, you can grant permissions to access specific images (instead of the whole gallery), and configure Ente to just back those up. Once they've been backed up, you can create an album and share it with a link that comes with some configurations of its own[1]. Now if you are using our web app, you can ignore permissions bit altogether, and just create an album with the images you care about, and create a public link for that album. [1]: https://ente.io/blog/powerful-links/ https://ente.io/blog/powerful-links/