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Comment by meibo

5 years ago

I don't think I'm ready to invest in a photo hosting solution again, be it with my time, my money, or my data, without it being open source/self-hostable or at least open core with a community behind it.

Been duped too many times.

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jwr  5 years ago

Similar sentiment here. I wish this project well, but photo storage is a long-term thing, and I've been bitten too many times (most recently by Apple shutting down Aperture, which left me with big libraries which are very difficult to migrate).

I considered writing my own software and making it open source, but then realized that photo hosting/sharing software with password-protected sharing features will be used by criminals to store/share CSAM. So, if I end up writing my own solution, it will sadly not be shared with anyone.

Incidentally, I think this service will run into a similar problem: end-to-end encryption is great, but if it gets to a certain size, governments will intervene.

mixmastamyk  5 years ago

Curious about the details of how you were duped.

  • ncann  5 years ago

    Not OP but I have had many cloud photo accounts in the past: myphotoalbum, Kodak Gallery, photobucket, Flickr and more. Eventually all of them either shut down, or got sold and became unmaintained. Google Photos and Apple's are the only ones that I can trust will still be around in 10 years' time.