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The next day I download a picture. Quality is q=Y, where Y < X.
One year after, I download the same picture. Quality is q=Z, where Z < Y < X.
So my pictures uploaded to Google Photos suffer from decay, whenever Google chooses to degrade quality.
None of your "not unreasonable" scenarios are involved.
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The next day I download a picture. Quality is q=Y, where Y < X.
One year after, I download the same picture. Quality is q=Z, where Z < Y < X.
So my pictures uploaded to Google Photos suffer from decay, whenever Google chooses to degrade quality.
None of your "not unreasonable" scenarios are involved.