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Can you elaborate why do you not "trust" Google? You don't trust them to keep the Photos service operational in the future? But if the worst comes to the worst

by mrb 11y ago

Can you elaborate why do you not "trust" Google? You don't trust them to keep the Photos service operational in the future? But if the worst comes to the worst, in this theoretical scenario, at least they would surely provide you a way to transfer your files first. So why does it bother you so much? Or you don't trust them to keep Photos independent of Google+? Surely they would never say "from now on you can't access your photos unless you sign up for Google+". Photos are very personal and important to people. This would cause an unprecedented outrage.

Arkanosis 11y ago
I don't trust them to keep the service operational in the future if it doesn't get momentum (see Google Buzz, Google Wave…), if it doesn't bring enough money in (see Google Reader…) or if they finally give up against some competitor (see Google Code…). I trust them even less to not put Google+ inside this, which for me is more or less the same thing as shutting the service down, since I really don't want to use Google+ (I mean, really), and I don't want people I share photos with to be forced to use it (I mean, really). You seem to be sure they wouldn't do this, I think the exact opposite. Well, future will tell us. Now, you're right in that they have a excellent history of allowing their users to get their files back. This is something I definitely trust them and thank them for a million times. Now, a photo service isn't relevant without a sharing feature, and if the service is shutting down, no backup that I can think of backs the sharing up.
- VikingCoder 11y ago
  As if you can trust other companies to keep running unpopular, unprofitable, and/or noncompetitive products. Why do people harp on this for Google? /SMH And as for "really don't want to use Google+", that's very much like saying "I really don't want to log in to Hacker News." Yes. You have an account at Google that enables social interaction. That's all it is. Why people imbue it with some awful emotional connotations is really beyond me. It's a tool that has multiple uses, some of which you don't want to use... Got it. But some of which you might want to use.

by mrb 11y ago

Arkanosis 11y ago

I don't trust them to keep the service operational in the future if it doesn't get momentum (see Google Buzz, Google Wave…), if it doesn't bring enough money in (see Google Reader…) or if they finally give up against some competitor (see Google Code…). I trust them even less to not put Google+ inside this, which for me is more or less the same thing as shutting the service down, since I really don't want to use Google+ (I mean, really), and I don't want people I share photos with to be forced to use it (I mean, really). You seem to be sure they wouldn't do this, I think the exact opposite. Well, future will tell us. Now, you're right in that they have a excellent history of allowing their users to get their files back. This is something I definitely trust them and thank them for a million times. Now, a photo service isn't relevant without a sharing feature, and if the service is shutting down, no backup that I can think of backs the sharing up.

VikingCoder 11y ago
As if you can trust other companies to keep running unpopular, unprofitable, and/or noncompetitive products. Why do people harp on this for Google? /SMH And as for "really don't want to use Google+", that's very much like saying "I really don't want to log in to Hacker News." Yes. You have an account at Google that enables social interaction. That's all it is. Why people imbue it with some awful emotional connotations is really beyond me. It's a tool that has multiple uses, some of which you don't want to use... Got it. But some of which you might want to use.