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Google's Free, Unlimited Google Photos Service Now Available on iOS and Web
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but to their credit, their contextual search features coming to android are pretty amazing.
This debate about Google vs Apple/Microsoft is pretty intense. Personally, I wouldn't use this not so much because I fear being spied on from the gov't or companies considering ISPs likely know more about us than any other company. I wouldn't use it because compared to Apple or Microsoft, I don't think Google services/products are as good.
Well, that's certainly a statement that doesn't really carry much of anything in it.
Doesn't it say that you have the option of keeping the originals, but are limited to the quota in the Google Account, unless you purchase more space?
Have you seen what the compressed video from an android phone looks like on anything else. Horrible! My EX had a note and would send videos of my son that could barely be watched. Her friend tried to tell me I was crazy and the sent them to each other and the effect was the same. She's back in the IPhone world after she lost all of her pictures and data that was backed up to google. She actually laughs at the difference in the quality of what I took and hers after getting the note. Her 4s pictures looked better. Now granted, they look great on the device but that's only good if that's the only place you plan to use them.
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Agreed
Oh I'm fine with Gmail and search. I don't care what Google does with my emails. I just draw the line at Photos
If you think anything you upload on any cloud is 100% private, you must not know about rule #1 of the Internet: you can't hide anything.
The only way something is private is if it's not online. But since having local storage is annoying due to the possibility of losing data, we sacrifice our privacy for convenience.
And the world moves on.
The only way something is private is if it's not online. But since having local storage is annoying due to the possibility of losing data, we sacrifice our privacy for convenience.
And the world moves on.
Oh I'm fine with Gmail and search. I don't care what Google does with my emails. I just draw the line at Photos
Once again, what is the reasoning behind this? And do you currently upload pictures with Apple or Facebook?
For Google to brand their new service "Photos", they are clearly piggybacking off of Apple's clearly successful model of naming apps and services with the most obvious name possible. They are going head-to-head with Apple. That's totally clear. And they are luring people in by saying things like "unlimited".
What I fear is that Google can actually analyze the metadata associated with the photos to determine where they were taken, tie that information back to the Google account where they were uploaded, do facial recognition to corollate with other Google users, and the great big advertising machine has a ton more data for serving targeted ads.
Does the privacy policy state that Google will not analyze your photos and use it for their own purposes?
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Because it's Google
That's not a reason.
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How does it matter when the information is only used to target ads.
Both Google and Facebook use your content to target other content to you. Apple does not. Big difference.
Really? I'm not a Google apologist but there are some things Google does way better than its competitors:
- Search
- Personal email (leave corporate to Microsoft)
- Maps
- YouTube (videos)
- Customization and openness for a mobile operating system
Things Apple do better:
- Hardware
- Software (some aspects)
Things Microsoft do better:
- Corporate email
- Cortana
- Office
As you can see, when it comes to services, none of those beat Google.
Do any Apple products take pictures larger than 8 megapixels? This service allows for up to 16 without scaling.
Third-party ads. That means that technically Google is selling your data to advertisers.
No, but at least Apple confronted against the rest - regardless as if its a truth or not. lol
I'd like to hear Jennifer Lawrence's opinion on that. scnr
Big difference! You are not Jennifer Lawrence.
Seriously, it takes a deliberate effort and multiple high risk trials just to access your iCloud phoots whereas Google is by default "accessible-for-ads".
Ok let me explain in easy terms because you do not understand how Google uses your data.
Bob buys an Android phone and Bob has an obsession on bananas.
Trevor is banana tree farmer and wants to sell more bananas.
Google know that Bob loves bananas based on his browsing habits and search terms.
Trevor decides to create online ads with Google. His business information is submitted to Google.
Now Google knows that Bob loves bananas so Google begins showing Trevor's Banana farm ads to Bob.
Trevor has no idea who Bob is or if he even exists.
In all these interactions, when was Bobs info sold to third-parties? Never.
Which is fair thing to worry about, but when you consider that ISPs have way more info on you, I'd be more worried about a "Red Scare" type of situtation where your browser history being used to paint you as some extremist or even some complete sicko or idiot based on the sites you visited whether on purpose or not.
As far as your worry about metadata being read, it sounds like people need to be more aware of privacy controls in their OS of choice. Like on my Windows Phone, I was able to disable location tagging on my pictures so they don't say my location when it's on OneDrive, and I tend to use the most privacy settings I can without crippling my devices. Not sure about Android since I've stopped using it, but being more aware of what you put out there is important.
Rest assured that Apple also gathers and uses various pieces of personal information. The degree is of course different between all companies, but it's not like somehow Apple doesn't gather and use data.
I am wondering the exact same thing. Is it just uploading the optimized versions?!