Joseph McCarthy4d ago
Leniwcowaty 

This is the best evidence, that Google is going too far.

I got email, that my 200 GB Google One plan is being phased out (with wife we have shared sub for Google Photos), and I have to choose between 100 GB (too small) or 2 TB (too expensive).

Wife, who not even 2 weeks ago asked me how to open file browser on her MacBook, asked me if I can make "some server thingy", to have our photos locally, and not in Google Photos.

So here I am, configuring Immich locally!

#selfhosting #server #linux

Mar 17 at 12:26pmWeb
Show threadKrahabors4d ago
@leniwcowaty Funny, they are just telling I'm running out of space, but not that 200GB option being phased out.
And someone thinks that I'm willing to pay more for the middle option 🤭
Basically all "upgrade" options include gemini 🤮
Show threadLeniwcowaty 4d ago
@krahabors They just informed me that in August I will be moved to 100 GB plan, and I have no option to stay on my 200 GB plan, only 200 GB AI or 2 TB
Show threadKrahabors4d ago
@leniwcowaty Nothing like that here. Even checked trash folder to be sure :)
Show threadLeniwcowaty 4d ago
@krahabors either way - I'd rather spend like 1300 PLN now and have a beefy homelab server with Immich and robust backup strategy, than pay even 300 PLN yearly for the rest of my life, and hope they don't change their mind or increase the price
Show threadKrahabors4d ago
@leniwcowaty Basically it's the same scenario how Dropbox got rid of me as a client.
Show threadJeppe4d ago
@leniwcowaty have done the same. Also cancelled my Google one subscription. I have until May to delete all photos in Google, to make space for our emails, which we haven't migrated yet. Want to guess if that is a one button click to delete all photos, or several thousand clicks? Such a bad product.
Show threadLeniwcowaty 4d ago
@jeppe yeah, at least they give you an option to mass export the photos
Show threadDr. Christopher Kunz4d ago
@leniwcowaty I think Immich is a great choice and I really enjoy how flawless it works. If shitty product choices by the Big Tech companies empower more people to start self-hosting, I'm all for that.
Show threadLeniwcowaty 4d ago
@christopherkunz the only issue I have with switching to Immich is that with albums shared with other people on Google, even if you select "Save to my library" the Google Takeout only exports your photos. So I have to export photos separately, import with immich-go, and then download albums and re-create them on Immich manually
Show threadDr. Christopher Kunz4d ago

@leniwcowaty Yeah, Google has become very good at walling their garden. I recently tried to export some shared folders from a Google Drive and had to resort to pretty dirty and time-consuming hacks.

Unfortunately, that's what they do. Once your images are in Immich and it did its thing, it's pretty nifty.

Show threadLeniwcowaty 4d ago
@christopherkunz exactly! And for testing purposes it runs quite nicely on a 2014 laptop acting as a sort-of server. But still, I'll be using an 8th gen i5 HP desktop as my server in "production"