I have the iPhone, love it, but there's one thing I don't like--the way Apple does their photos.
Here's what I mean: On the iPhone, iPad, iMac and whatever else, all the photos are synced--also to the cloud. What's great about it, is that wherever and whatever device is used, I can see any picture and it's also in the cloud.
Here's my rub: If a photo is deleted from any of the devices, it is deleted from all devices, including the cloud. So looking at it that way, I don't consider the cloud a backup storage system.
By Apple doing that, it's a given more storage space will have to purchased (by everyone). Multiply that by millions of phones, that can come out to billions/mo for Apple.
Google Photos truly allows free unlimited uploading to the cloud. If I choose under a 16M resolution photo, (which is more than enough), I have unlimited free storage!
Not trying to be a shrill for Google, but by using the Google Photo App on my iPhone, I just upload all my photos to the Google App, and then delete the photos in iPhone and iCloud freeing up much precious space.
I'm a neophyte when it comes to this stuff, so if I'm wrong in my assessment, or anyone has any instruction, I'd love to learn. Thanks.
Here's what I mean: On the iPhone, iPad, iMac and whatever else, all the photos are synced--also to the cloud. What's great about it, is that wherever and whatever device is used, I can see any picture and it's also in the cloud.
Here's my rub: If a photo is deleted from any of the devices, it is deleted from all devices, including the cloud. So looking at it that way, I don't consider the cloud a backup storage system.
By Apple doing that, it's a given more storage space will have to purchased (by everyone). Multiply that by millions of phones, that can come out to billions/mo for Apple.
Google Photos truly allows free unlimited uploading to the cloud. If I choose under a 16M resolution photo, (which is more than enough), I have unlimited free storage!
Not trying to be a shrill for Google, but by using the Google Photo App on my iPhone, I just upload all my photos to the Google App, and then delete the photos in iPhone and iCloud freeing up much precious space.
I'm a neophyte when it comes to this stuff, so if I'm wrong in my assessment, or anyone has any instruction, I'd love to learn. Thanks.
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