Is google photos 100GB worth it at $3/mth?

[iPod Jack]

Just photos and vids on google cloud nia, on multiple devices

can access 100gb of photos anywhere

yah, dats about it

$3 well spent per mth?

 

[Kaylin]

apple icloud only $3.98 for 200GB

 

[ricohflex]

No.
Why would you need to access photos from anywhere?
You can keep on your low priced 16 TB hard drive.

One more thing.
Please be clear about this.
There is no such thing as CLOUD. It merely is another computer located somewhere else.

 

[Hyruga]

Don't need $3 per month. Just sign the yearly package.

 

[Balian]

there is google drive and onedrive ?

 

[cosmothecat]

Nope

Just buy a 128GB thumb drive

Put your pictures on the thumb drive and bring it with you. There, access pictures everywhere.

 

[mynickname]

Once it goes up, it'll hardly come down.

And stuff always goes up.

When 100gb is not enough, what then?

 

[archie7]

once you start paying, cannot stop or stuck until you get a hdd storage

 

[orpisia]

Why do you have so many pictures

 

[Nuclear Boy]

If you absolutely have to access your files on the go, why not spend the money upfront and get a NAS plus some hard drives? You can host your own file server and access from anywhere what. Plus, you'd have terabytes of storage.

You'd breakeven with the subscription over time. Plus your data is in your sole and direct possession and authority.

Imagine you have 1TB(=1000GB) of files and you subscribe, you'd be paying $30/mth, $360/yr. Your NAS build would've breakeven in 1-2 years, and you'd have storage to spare.

 

[yusoffb01]

buy second hand poco x3 nfc/ poco m3 that is already unlocked with custom rom, flash pixel experience rom

 

[ksapple]

I use photo since it was free, after paid i still use.

To me worth it cause i save a lot of photo.

My traveling photo from my camera all back up here

I gt 3 back up
Sd card - i dun reuse
Nas backup. - 6 TB
Google photo - 200fb (now 2TB cause pixel phone)

I like Google photo function of organizing and moments feature

Traveling photos since 2008

 

[chameleon20]

100gb not enough for me liao…upgraded to 200gb recently

 

[rarenick]

No.
Why would you need to access photos from anywhere?
You can keep on your low priced 16 TB hard drive.
One more thing.
Please be clear about this.
There is no such thing as CLOUD. It merely is another computer located somewhere else.

Cloud is cloud. Everyone knows what it is and understand what TS is trying to achieve.

 

[rarenick]

Check how much office 365 is offering for family, then share by number of people. Each person will get 1TB of cloud storage.

 

[rarenick]

If you absolutely have to access your files on the go, why not spend the money upfront and get a NAS plus some hard drives? You can host your own file server and access from anywhere what. Plus, you'd have
terabytes
of storage.
You'd breakeven with the subscription over time. Plus your data is in your sole and direct possession and authority.
Imagine you have 1TB(=1000GB) of files and you subscribe, you'd be paying $30/mth, $360/yr. Your NAS build would've breakeven in 1-2 years, and you'd have storage to spare.

What are the chances of getting own computer/server/home network being compromised of security vs cloud's security? Also the physical/location aspects which is safer, eg fire hazard? Don't just point out the pros, but also present the cons, so as to let him make well informed decisions.

 

[mooseolly]

Yes worth it if you have alot of photos.

 

[fortunecat]

One more thing.
Please be clear about this.
There is no such thing as CLOUD. It merely is another computer located somewhere else.

What? You mean it's not stored in the sky?

 

[PiKa]

selfhost a NAS.

it is a PITA to transfer all of the photo out when you want to migrate them away from google cloud.
the takeout service is patchy last time.

might as well move away once and for all.

did it during cover and never looked back.
else, dont know how long I would be struck with the subscription service.

 

[Ev0d3vil]

buy second hand poco x3 nfc/ poco m3 that is already unlocked with custom rom, flash pixel experience rom

Wont kena ban by google right?