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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos? by dbmnt on Monday May 31, 2021 @11:00PM (#27350332)
> We have shipped open-source[2] web and mobile apps that have preserved 180,000+ files.

Is that the total number of files on your platform? Not to be rude, but is this supposed to be impressive or reassuring? My photo collection is approaching half that number, and I'm just one person, so now I'm feeling completely underwhelmed by the claim.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos? by vishnumohandas on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @06:12AM (#27352480)
I felt that having replicated 200k files without failures is an indicator of reliability (not scale).

But you're right, the number is minuscule compared to where we are hoping to be. We're just getting started and I'm hopeful that we will 10x this number in the next few months.

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