Wrote a blog post: Getting my photos Google-free - how to easily move from Google Photos to @pixelunion and host your photo albums in Europe.

It's a short guide on how and why it was totally worth it, plus an overview of PixelUnion's features.
https://rolle.design/google-photos-to-pixelunion

#Photos #Privacy #GooglePhotos #PixelUnion #Google #GoogleFree #DeGoogle #BigTech #Europe #Immich

It took me about 2 days to transfer over 250 GB of photos from Google Photos to @pixelunion with their migration tool. Now my photos are safe and sound in Europe.

The face recognition works even better than Google's, and Immich is an awesome piece of software. I would have hosted this entirely on my own like my Nextcloud, but paying a couple of bucks for 450 GB of storage and a fast server is a real bargain and saves me the hassle. Well done, PixelUnion!

#Privacy #Photos #GooglePhotos #PixelUnion #Immich

🚨 NEWS: Google Photos introduce l'opzione per disattivare l'effetto shimmer sugli adesivi

Ecco i punti chiave in breve:
💡 Da quando Google ha introdotto la funzione per trasformare le foto in adesivi, molti utenti hanno espresso frustrazione per l'effetto shimmer che appare dopo pochi secondi dalla vi...

🚀 LINK: https://meteoraweb.com/news/google-photos-introduce-lopzione-per-disattivare-leffetto-shimmer-sugli-adesivi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto_share

#aggiornamento #googlePhotos #effettoShimmer #adesivi

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