New Google Photos App yea or nay? Maybe something else?

[steve...]

If I interpret this thread correctly, the forum says Google Photos is good to use. (tu)

I'm still unsure of who has access to our photos. Are uploaded images private and only available to those we want to share with or are they available to everyone?

[Bimwad]

steve... wrote:
If I interpret this thread correctly, the forum says Google Photos is good to use. (tu)

I'm still unsure of who has access to our photos. Are uploaded images private and only available to those we want to share with or are they available to everyone?

It's good in the sense if you want something simple, for Everyman, like iCloud, Apple's Photo apps, or the old Picasa.

It only shares what you choose to share.

I will say that AI Assistant that analyzes your files and creates its own collection suggestions and facial recognition features might creep some people out. They can be turned off separately.

[sekker]

I am also in.

I've had issues with Flickr. If someone can explain why Google is inferior, I can try Flickr again.

[Sam3]

You guys really want to give Google allowance to take your pictures and use them for their purposes? Possible having a picture of your child plastered all over the internet for an ad of Google? Your child's photo photoshopped to look like they are a cripple for other promotional uses?

When you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to or through our Services, you give Google (and
those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works
(such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content
works better with our Services),communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute
such content.

I'd rather pay for a site like Smugmug where I retain all rights to my photos. I can hide and lock them down as much as I like, or I can show them to the world.

[vision63]

Sam3 wrote:
You guys really want to give Google allowance to take your pictures and use them for their purposes? Possible having a picture of your child plastered all over the internet for an ad of Google? Your child's photo photoshopped to look like they are a cripple for other promotional uses?

When you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to or through our Services, you give Google (and
those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works
(such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content
works better with our Services),communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute
such content.

I'd rather pay for a site like Smugmug where I retain all rights to my photos. I can hide and lock them down as much as I like, or I can show them to the world.

Paranoia aside. You can do the same with Google Photos. They basically want the right to present your images by location and to auto apply "automagic" features, which is cool. I pay for SmugMug in order to sell photos but they don't offer any more rights management, photo management than the free flickr.com. What SmugMug offers over flickr is the selling of images. That's it.

[sekker]

Been using today - very cool!

[gabester]

So which Photos app are they talking about here, the one from Apple or Google?

http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2147.html

[gabester]

So which Photos app are they using here, Apple's or Google's?

http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2147.html

[vision63]

gabester wrote:
So which Photos app are they talking about here, the one from Apple or Google?

http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2147.html

A cartoon with no punchline? So when your hard drive tanks you lose all of your wonderful photos.