thoughts on cloud photo storage
Basically people are using cloud photo storage nowadays to avoid expensive device storage, but the idea of storing my data on non-encrypted cloud is disturbing. So I did some research on privacy focused solutions. I think they can basically sort into 4 types.
| encrypted cloud | self-host |
|---|---|
| photo library | iCloud/ente |
| cloud storage | Proton/dropbox |
As you can see there's something missing. Basically I don't think everyone need a feature-rich photo library. For years people are focusing on docker based photo libraries like immich. Of course we have universal network transfer protocol but what’s missing is a multi-platform lightweight photo viewer optimized for smb. Huge file list loading could be a problem but can be solved with separate folders by month/album. Most photo viewer I checked on both mobile/desktop platform are just having outdated functions and design. Seems like it's something need to be done. Do you guys think this should be an option? Glad for any ideas.