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Something I've enjoyed more than I expected is Google and Apple photos sending me photo memories and compilations of various things in my life and my kids lives

Something I've enjoyed more than I expected is Google and Apple photos sending me photo memories and compilations of various things in my life and my kids lives over the last decade. I'm really bullish on taking more video of my kids, with the thought that it will become easier and easier for AI to put them into little compilations I can enjoy later.

iliashad 4mo ago
That’s good to hear, open source ML models are getting better and better. I did a small experiment to generate a Spotify year in review like video here is a preview video https://github.com/IliasHad/edit-mind/tree/expirement/year-in-review#year-in-review-video https://github.com/IliasHad/edit-mind/tree/expirement/year-i...
JMiao 4mo ago
do you use android and ios, or is there another benefit to having personal media with both?
- iliashad 4mo ago
  Can you please elaborate more?
  - ngai_aku 4mo ago
    I think most people are either in on Google or in on Apple whereas the OP indicated they have their media stored with both
- dave8088 4mo ago
  I run both on my phone as a lazy (but flawed) backup strategy.
goodmythical 4mo ago
You don't mind Google using your kids to train their models and advertising algorithms? Years from now they'll be getting "hey look at BIKE BRANDS' NEWEST CHEAP BIKE REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO RIDE BIKE BRAND BIKES"
- satvikpendem 4mo ago
  I think most people really don't care, and/or will just adblock those sorts of things when they do arrive.
  - marci 4mo ago
    Don't worry. Most people spend most of their compute time on a phone, where you're ability to filter ads is way more enshitified.
  - whattheheckheck 4mo ago
    What about in 10 years when they auto search and label users for political dissent and likelihood of impact
    - satvikpendem 4mo ago
      That's for future them to worry about, they'll think. Honestly I've never seen people historically care about privacy even if it means the government rounds them up, people simply don't seem to care at all, and trying to make them care is a futile effort in my experience.
mwelpa 4mo ago
I wish I could connect Apple photos to my Spotify account and have photo memories connected with songs I listened to at the time :)
- alias_neo 4mo ago
  Music memories are the best. I booted up my old PS3 from my uni days (20 years ago?) and found all of the music I had on it because I used it for everything at the time. Some seriously nostalgic music I'd completely forgotten about.
theshrike79 4mo ago
I think the Apple stuff is done 100% on device. Google loves scanning stuff on in the cloud though.

iliashad 4mo ago

That’s good to hear, open source ML models are getting better and better. I did a small experiment to generate a Spotify year in review like video here is a preview video https://github.com/IliasHad/edit-mind/tree/expirement/year-in-review#year-in-review-video https://github.com/IliasHad/edit-mind/tree/expirement/year-i...

JMiao 4mo ago

do you use android and ios, or is there another benefit to having personal media with both?

iliashad 4mo ago
Can you please elaborate more?
- ngai_aku 4mo ago
  I think most people are either in on Google or in on Apple whereas the OP indicated they have their media stored with both
dave8088 4mo ago
I run both on my phone as a lazy (but flawed) backup strategy.

goodmythical 4mo ago

You don't mind Google using your kids to train their models and advertising algorithms? Years from now they'll be getting "hey look at BIKE BRANDS' NEWEST CHEAP BIKE REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO RIDE BIKE BRAND BIKES"

satvikpendem 4mo ago
I think most people really don't care, and/or will just adblock those sorts of things when they do arrive.
- marci 4mo ago
  Don't worry. Most people spend most of their compute time on a phone, where you're ability to filter ads is way more enshitified.
- whattheheckheck 4mo ago
  What about in 10 years when they auto search and label users for political dissent and likelihood of impact
  - satvikpendem 4mo ago
    That's for future them to worry about, they'll think. Honestly I've never seen people historically care about privacy even if it means the government rounds them up, people simply don't seem to care at all, and trying to make them care is a futile effort in my experience.

mwelpa 4mo ago

I wish I could connect Apple photos to my Spotify account and have photo memories connected with songs I listened to at the time :)

alias_neo 4mo ago
Music memories are the best. I booted up my old PS3 from my uni days (20 years ago?) and found all of the music I had on it because I used it for everything at the time. Some seriously nostalgic music I'd completely forgotten about.

theshrike79 4mo ago

I think the Apple stuff is done 100% on device. Google loves scanning stuff on in the cloud though.