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I’m looking to switch from Google Photos to an alternative. Looked into Immich and Ente already, which have quite some reviews online. But have found little about Zeitkapsl. Anyone here have some experience?

  • slowcakes@programming.devEnglish
    111·
    3 days ago

    Putting stuff on the internet you should always assume sooner or later, this will be publicly available.

    That’s it, the rule of Internet

      • slowcakes@programming.devEnglish
        21·
        3 days ago

        Sure, but whatever the method they use or how ever your app works, it’s only temporary. You have no control of the future of what said company does, or laws they have to follow.

        I’m just saying the internet should not be considered private if privacy is your concern.

  • lemmysmash@beehaw.orgEnglish
    22·
    4 days ago

    Not to bash them or something, but just FYI: I got interested in how they’ve implemented AI client-side, and they use Android MLKit in their Android app for that.

    The problem with MLKit is that it phones back to… ta-dam!.. Google, even if it’s not actually used by the app, and that telemetry can’t be legally (and neither in any convenient and reliable way te technically) disabled, even by the app developer.

    It doesn’t seem to be sending any sensitive information in that telemetry, but I don’t know Rick: changing Google for… Google?

    • Ruigaard@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      so for me as a layman, what does that mean, the AI training is still routed via Google or shared with them?

      • lemmysmash@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        No, the actual AI runs locally, on the phone. What MLKit does is two things:

        1. Downloads the actual AI models from Google’s servers — not sure, but maybe they can be bundled or downloaded from other sources.

        2. Send the usage analytics about those models — again, don’t remember exactly what’s being sent but the actual prompts/source images/model responses shouldn’t be sent in normal operation.

        Why I highlighted the normal operation thing is because Google is kinda famous for collecting data it shouldn’t be collecting, e.g. read this README for example: https://github.com/PlqnK/magisk-supl-replacer

      • zewerede@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yes, no issues. Sync is fast, usually my connection is limit. They have separate folder: photos and archive (where I store any other files).

  • thesdev@feddit.orgEnglish
    10·
    4 days ago

    I suppose that’s because they’re relatively new (one year or so?).

    I switched a couple of months ago from Google Photos. They have a guide how to do the export/import, took a couple hours for my library of 20 GB. The app is basic (no face grouping or magic eraser), and the sync of new photos takes a while. They’re very active with new features and improving the product though, you can take a look at their Mastodon account to follow the developments.

    All in all I’m nowhere near a heavy user and it provides the basics which is providing automatic backups without a fuss so I’m happy with it.

    • Ruigaard@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Thanks for your review, I saw they have a developer roadmap as well which showed some nice features for the future. With a young company like this, I hope they make it and don’t go bust down the road.

    • aldfin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      For me Nextcloud doesn’t seem to have the performance needed. Not sure if it’s because I have a large library or something related to the configuration, but for me Immich does a better job. I do have the photos on Nextcloud syncing to another device too just as a failsafe.