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> My Google Pixel continuously asks me if I want to enable photo backup. Google Photos does this on non-Pixel android phones too. Many times when I open the ga

by tdeck 2y ago

> My Google Pixel continuously asks me if I want to enable photo backup. Google Photos does this on non-Pixel android phones too. Many times when I open the gallery app I'm confronted with a dialog where the backup checkbox is enabled and there's a continue button. It's like Google is trying to trick me into enabling it. This is an incredibly user hostile design. One day I will do it by mistake. I mentioned this to a friend once and he said his kid got ahold of his phone for a few minutes and did enable it, causing a massive upload that put his Google account over quota. Of course it's a huge hassle to go through and unsync the photos without deleting them from the device.

GauntletWizard 2y ago
To be devil's advocate: if they didn't push this so aggressively, the news would be flooded with stories about how Google lost Grandma's photos, an iPhone users don't have this problem (because apple silently enables it, not even giving you a choice).
- tdeck 2y ago
  After the first and second time I decline this, what's the justification for asking me again? They could at least have a "don't ask again" checkbox.
- sumeno 2y ago
  You can disable icloud syncing for photos
- bobim 2y ago
  Ok it's enabled by default on iPhones, but once disabled it stays disabled. What is silently enabled exactly?
sumeno 2y ago
> Google Photos does this on non-Pixel android phones too. The iOS app as well
prmoustache 2y ago
Why do you guys keep using it then? I am currently a grapheneos user but even when I was using android smartphone with manufacturer's provided rom, I would just disable apps I don't want to inadvertently use. Main apps I was using at the time were the "simple mobile tools" (now fossify) apps.
- jazzyjackson 2y ago
  jinx! yes I'm happy with fossify too, thinking about taking a day to unlock my bootloader and put graphene on my xperia, but something was stopping me before... maybe the banking apps that refuse to run on a modified bootloader? But really I don't need to be banking on my phone. I think there are some proprietary video codecs I was afraid of losing. Only other hurdle to open source nirvana is OsmAnd is not as slick and smooth as Google Maps. I spent a few days acclimating to it and once downloading the gigabytes of address-data-to-GPS-coords I could start enjoying offline navigation, but when it comes to finding local restaurants' and whether they're open its hard to beat the Goog.
  - tricked 2y ago
    sadly you can only install grapheneos on pixels due to the strong security requirement grapheneos requires on devices for them to support it (like relocking the bootloader with a third party os installed) seems like xperia is supported by divestos though which is still a good alternative https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm https://divestos.org/pages/devices https://divestos.org/pages/devices
    - jazzyjackson 2y ago
      Haven't come across divest before, thanks
  - buccal 2y ago
    Try out Organic Maps for a more fluid mapping experience.
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jazzyjackson 2y ago
Fossify Gallery is a very nice default photo viewer and basic editor for android. I have google photos disabled. https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery

by tdeck 2y ago

GauntletWizard 2y ago

To be devil's advocate: if they didn't push this so aggressively, the news would be flooded with stories about how Google lost Grandma's photos, an iPhone users don't have this problem (because apple silently enables it, not even giving you a choice).

tdeck 2y ago
After the first and second time I decline this, what's the justification for asking me again? They could at least have a "don't ask again" checkbox.
sumeno 2y ago
You can disable icloud syncing for photos
bobim 2y ago
Ok it's enabled by default on iPhones, but once disabled it stays disabled. What is silently enabled exactly?

sumeno 2y ago

> Google Photos does this on non-Pixel android phones too. The iOS app as well

prmoustache 2y ago

Why do you guys keep using it then? I am currently a grapheneos user but even when I was using android smartphone with manufacturer's provided rom, I would just disable apps I don't want to inadvertently use. Main apps I was using at the time were the "simple mobile tools" (now fossify) apps.

jazzyjackson 2y ago
jinx! yes I'm happy with fossify too, thinking about taking a day to unlock my bootloader and put graphene on my xperia, but something was stopping me before... maybe the banking apps that refuse to run on a modified bootloader? But really I don't need to be banking on my phone. I think there are some proprietary video codecs I was afraid of losing. Only other hurdle to open source nirvana is OsmAnd is not as slick and smooth as Google Maps. I spent a few days acclimating to it and once downloading the gigabytes of address-data-to-GPS-coords I could start enjoying offline navigation, but when it comes to finding local restaurants' and whether they're open its hard to beat the Goog.
- tricked 2y ago
  sadly you can only install grapheneos on pixels due to the strong security requirement grapheneos requires on devices for them to support it (like relocking the bootloader with a third party os installed) seems like xperia is supported by divestos though which is still a good alternative https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm https://divestos.org/pages/devices https://divestos.org/pages/devices
  - jazzyjackson 2y ago
    Haven't come across divest before, thanks
- buccal 2y ago
  Try out Organic Maps for a more fluid mapping experience.
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jazzyjackson 2y ago

Fossify Gallery is a very nice default photo viewer and basic editor for android. I have google photos disabled. https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery