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Re:I’m 14, and I quit social media after discovering what wa... by ljf on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:14PM (#19444342)
google photos stores all your images and videos for free (well it downscales them to 14m if they are over) - but for most people this is essentially free and forever. You can choose to share images and folders/albums - or even share everything. You can also ask it to pull from folders on your phone or computer - so every time I take a new photo it is saved.

It then does nice 'reminders' of your images and videos from years back.

This plus google docs if you want to save private writings has you pretty much covered.

I am very happy to be off social media now - my vague replacement is sharing things to Whatsapp with selected friends and family.

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Re:I’m 14, and I quit social media after discovering what wa... by dragonwriter on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:22PM (#19444445)
The one problem (as far as owner privacy/access control) with these Google services is that the read-only sharing method is essentially irrevocable (without moving the item in a way which causes Google to host it at a different URL) and infinitely resharable by anyone who gets access independent of the owner.

As I discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19444392

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