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N00B_N00M t1_jdgxa4s wrote

Google played a reverse uno card here , but you can still use it like before while saving photo’s automatically and not count towards your quota.

  • create a random new google account
  • sign in and set google photos to use same , disable automatic backups on primary account.
  • In new account enable partner sharing and share all photos with primary google account, this way those photos will count towards the new google account quota and simultaneously they will be accessible in your primary account and they will not count towards primary account.

You can keep doing it every few months whenever that 15gb limit is reached , just use 2FA and a strong password to prevent any untoward incident

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R961ROP OP t1_jdgxn9e wrote

The real LPT is in the comments

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Deadfishfarm t1_jdi9gj7 wrote

It's only like a dollar a month for more storage than most people would ever need

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daking999 t1_jdj710a wrote

Fuck off Google, you promised me I would never have to delete an email again.

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Funktastic34 t1_jdkaeg3 wrote

Everything now is moving towards "it's only a few bucks a month". It adds up to alotta bucks

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Deadfishfarm t1_jdl59gm wrote

It's a dollar lol. Just buy a dollar less in gas and pretend it never existed

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ReneHigitta t1_jdh4u1a wrote

How is the "weight" distributed in partner sharing? It goes to the amount with most space? nevermind, you explained I just read it too fast

Thanks for the tip, although I can't imagine Google won't crack down on this too eventually, they really want me to get that 100gigs

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N00B_N00M t1_jdh7gs9 wrote

Apparently i have a huge library, i am procrastinating on doing this to my accounr, have done it for wife's phone as it was 100% and she was asking me to buy a new phone as storage is out , i am on ONE plan with 100GB, which is filling fast due to mainly photos ..

I was die hard fan and android fanboy just for this unlimited photos backup as i take lot of pics and it was a perk to never worry about getting storage filled due to unlimited backups

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ReneHigitta t1_jdhmxp1 wrote

It truly was, we just didn't know about it. I am bitter with how they go about it though. Settings seem to jump back to full res every so often without warning, I can't seem to be allowed clearing a pic from the account yet keep it on my phone. I'm scared to hell to lose something forever if I batch delete anything and I feel like they know they put people in this situation. OTOH the one plan is reasonably priced and it makes sense to have to pay for something like this. I just really don't like being pushed around lol

When you said you repeat the operation every few months, do you mean a new account every few months? Isn't there a limit on # of accounts linked this way? I seem to remember 4, but maybe that's in drive.

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N00B_N00M t1_jdhpv48 wrote

I am on first iteration for now, i got it from some YT channel who has been doing it since inception of that restriction.

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enginerd12 t1_jdhkbpf wrote

I mean god forbid that you fork out a whopping $2/month for 200 GB of storage. Better cut back on that avacado toast.

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OnlyFighterLove t1_jdhvjhp wrote

Can you show me where the 200 GB storage plan costs $2/month and not $29.99/month please?

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Handsoptional t1_jdi051e wrote

Look at the Google One site. 200 gb is only 2.99 per month. 24.99 per month would get you 5 TB.

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-BINK2014- t1_jdj8l08 wrote

I just said fuck it and use my Google Opinion Rewards to pay the monthly; finally have a use for the drip-fed $0.XX they pay you.

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herbertchorley21 t1_jdjl9mj wrote

Didn't know that was an option.. off to it I go

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-BINK2014- t1_jdjlhfr wrote

Neither did I until I was nearing the limit on storage and desperately looking for cheap/free options of getting around it outside of attempting to delete 1,000's of e-mails by hand.

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hvdzasaur t1_jdhefen wrote

I just bit the bullet and got myself a nas and an app that syncs (read upload) my photos to my nas whenever i am home, and then another app that auto-delete unsaved photos from my phone if they're older than a certain time.

I could set up port forwarding or whatever to access it online, but I don't want to open that can of worms, and I'm unlikely to view random pictures.

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N00B_N00M t1_jdi3nb6 wrote

Google really spoiled us by enabling searching photos by keyword , that is irreplaceable for me , can't live without that, not sure if any offline software will achieve that ...

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retirement_savings t1_jdifzk2 wrote

Yeah, and searching by faces is super convenient. I wanted to find a picture of me and my friend from a couples years ago - I searched for photos containing both of our faces and nobody else and found it in a few seconds.

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CorectHorseBtryStple t1_jdhgvlo wrote

What app do you use? I'm partial to the /YYYY/MM/*.jpg directory structure, and looking for a potential alternative to the barely-maintained Sweet Home WiFi Picture backup.

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hvdzasaur t1_jdhz62b wrote

Haven't tried many, managed to get syncthing up and running, but i'm unhappy with some of the limitations, so I'm also looking for an alternative. It does what i need it to do (get stuff on my NAS), i just set up some batch script that does the sorting to proper directories afterwards.

Like a NAS is for sure more expensive than some google cloud storage, but having my own local network storage is just so versatile.

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balanced_view t1_jdi55eh wrote

The name of the app, give us the name

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hvdzasaur t1_jdia45z wrote

I did; Syncthing.

You need it on your nas and on your phone, you need to specify the folder you want to sync, and it's target on the NAS, alongside setting up the usual stuff when dealing with home network storage. Whenever you are connected to your home network, it will sync those folders to your NAS.

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