05-29-2015, 09:09 PM
I installed the iOS app just to play around.
The "unlimited" storage applies only if you allow them to compress the images.
They say that it's indistinguishable, and those under 16MB in size (like most phone images) should remain intact.
The option to upload uncompressed images counts against the 15GB limit per Google account.
Overall, it's similar to iCloud photos, and it's also been described as "Gmail for photos."
Flickr's 1TB limit is attractive, but I've never liked using it, or its apps.
Privacy-wise, I don't expect anything uploaded to the cloud to be truly private; that's a tradeoff for such "free" or low-cost services.
If anything, if this spurs Apple to stop being so stingy with their free tier, then it will have done at least some bit of good.
The "unlimited" storage applies only if you allow them to compress the images.
They say that it's indistinguishable, and those under 16MB in size (like most phone images) should remain intact.
The option to upload uncompressed images counts against the 15GB limit per Google account.
Overall, it's similar to iCloud photos, and it's also been described as "Gmail for photos."
Flickr's 1TB limit is attractive, but I've never liked using it, or its apps.
Privacy-wise, I don't expect anything uploaded to the cloud to be truly private; that's a tradeoff for such "free" or low-cost services.
If anything, if this spurs Apple to stop being so stingy with their free tier, then it will have done at least some bit of good.