Holy crap. Google is awesome. All companies sell your info in some form. At least Google is giving something in return. Hopefully they don't allow brute force attacks like Apple's servers.
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Google's Free, Unlimited Google Photos Service Now Available on iOS and Web
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The catch is that Google will mine your pictures searching for stuff you own and people you know for advertising purposes. They already do this with all your email in Gmail accounts. To Google, YOUR INFORMATION is the gold that they mine via advertising. So, another "free" thing from them that isn't free at all. With Waze they know where you are at all times. Now they will know who you know and what you own. Beginning to sound like 1984. I'd rather pay a bit more for Apple stuff as they make their money by selling goods and services, not from my information. It is interesting that the NSA gets so much grief for just tracking the duration of cell phone calls without the content - and Google has vastly more information (content) on all of us / we just give it to them thinking we're getting a free ride. #GoogleSheep
As already mentioned in a number of replies, stores, credit cards, ISPs, phone and TV providers, government, etc have been gathering all of this type of information for years and years. Nothing new or shocking or strange about it. Welcome to reality of today's world (and really even yesterday's world).
lol... Yes yes, Google - Auto Anemone 
While Apple allows its users to do this in software, reduce red eye, grab the best images automatically in iOS, that's all cool and all, but i wish Apple's own iCloud did the same as Google does.
This is probably one thing where it lacks. allot of users seem to hate Google for tracking as really the ONLY issue for not using them. but apart from that, you can't really complain about this one.
While Apple allows its users to do this in software, reduce red eye, grab the best images automatically in iOS, that's all cool and all, but i wish Apple's own iCloud did the same as Google does.
This is probably one thing where it lacks. allot of users seem to hate Google for tracking as really the ONLY issue for not using them. but apart from that, you can't really complain about this one.
Reading comprehension in full force here it seems
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Technically, doesn't mean that
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Being so sure about the thing means that perhaps you'll be the first to link us to some proof showing that Google sell the data
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Google has been using that icon before Apple Photos existed. In fact, is the same icon used by Google+ Photos
Dude, just to scare you some more, you are tracked EVERYWHERE!
Your credit card company does it for every purchase, many of the stores track you, your browsing is tracked, I'd be surprised if virtually all paid services do not at least aggregate your information. Yep, Apple does it too, your online newspaper does it, you magazine subscription is being tracked, as is you credit score and car purchases....
Most of it's anonymous and it's what really keeps the web free. Much of it is not sold, except as aggregated and generally anonymous behavior patterns. BTW, some of your more private data is probably sold by your friendly local government
I'm sure everyone does it for internal research, except google gives you stuff for free and they need to pay their bills unlike Apple where we pay for everything.
this argument is like saying there is no difference between the currently massive exponential growth of connectivity and nuanced personal details (spewed across a digital platform ripe for ridiculously cheap/free harvesting) - and the ineffective and costly methods of tapping landlines and filing paperwork - based on prior suspicions - in 'yesterday's world.'
if i collected 100 rare stamps over a period of twenty years and then 10,000,000 rare stamps in the following five years, i imagine you'd inquire about the different methods i used in collecting them. they probably wouldn't be similar at all.
this is new, and it is shocking, and Google is the tech giant whose main purpose in becoming a company was to offer free services to people they could collect data on in order to profit. the mere fact that there are so many articles about the governments frustrations with other companies (including apple) is enough for me to lean heavily away from google and more towards those companies. who also publicly claim they don't collect data like google does.
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this comment is mind-blowing if not sarcastic through and through.
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Even in today's world with Google and other internet services it's been like that for well over a decade. The Internet isn't some new thing and hasn't been for some time now. Still hardly new or surprising.
The world so badly needs provably honest, decentralized encryption. The privacy issues discussed here touch on a lot of things that I don't think anyone can truly answer 100% for sure.
Funny thing that the two companies the USA government is more concerned and frustrated are Apple and Google. Perhaps you have to change the sources for your information
Because you think most people regularly upload pics greater than 16MP and video greater than 1080p? Riiiiight.
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Actually, I know several people who do.
Think about professions in the field. But they are using other platforms that do provides them with these options.I will not grand Google acces to all of my foto's, e-mails, agenda, twitter msg's etc, knowing that Google is using all of my data to get a profile of my interest for commercial purposes. No thanks.
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And Apple doesn't give anything in return???
Google's Free, Unlimited Google Photos Service Now Available on iOS and Web
The part that even for lower than 16mp the photo is re-compressed to optimize space. no original is stored even if is less than 16mp like iPhones photos
The part that even for lower than 16mp the photo is re-compressed to optimize space. no original is stored even if is less than 16mp like iPhones photos
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is anyone having problems with it so far?
i downloaded the mac uploader, and left it uploading my 19 gigs of pics. in the morning it'd maybe done about 20-30%, and there were tons of failures. clicking retry on the failures didnt work.
my camera is 12mp and the pics are from this or older lower res.
i downloaded the mac uploader, and left it uploading my 19 gigs of pics. in the morning it'd maybe done about 20-30%, and there were tons of failures. clicking retry on the failures didnt work.
my camera is 12mp and the pics are from this or older lower res.
Very impressed with the iOS version thus far but I have a little problem.
Uploading seems to pause when my iPhone goes to sleep or when the app looses focus. Shouldn't it continue to upload in the background? How is it supposed to backup my 5000+ photos?
Anyone seeing this behavior? Am I missing something?
Uploading seems to pause when my iPhone goes to sleep or when the app looses focus. Shouldn't it continue to upload in the background? How is it supposed to backup my 5000+ photos?
Anyone seeing this behavior? Am I missing something?
"Ewwww" about it is that you are plain wrong! ALL photos are re-compressed! Say good-bye to "free unlimited storage for your original photos", no matter what size they're in.
Read the MacRumors article again!
In your settings, set it so it never sleeps unless you press the lock button. Leave it on overnight
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its a great app , synced all my photos and videos going back to 2003 , only problem is i have pictures from someone else account showing up in mine ! in 2006 i seem to have a complete strangers holiday pics ! its a bit of a concern !
its a great app , synced all my photos and videos going back to 2003 , only problem is i have pictures from someone else account showing up in mine ! in 2006 i seem to have a complete strangers holiday pics ! its a bit of a concern !
Every Android version is named after a type of candy, going through the alphabet.
Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, KitKat, Lollipop...
They're now on "M" but haven't announced the actual name. The same thing happened last year - they announced "Android L" before they called it Lollipop.
With OS X, the X should be pronounced "ten" because its a roman numeral. To imply Google is copying Apple by using a letter in their name is clutching at straws.
Samsung Galaxy S6 128GB with no contract cost $885. $64 difference from the 6+. Don't even try to make it sound like all Androids are that much cheaper.