Yeah, they really want to keep your data.
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Dave@lemmy.nz 1 month agoFrom a search, it seems photos are no longer accessible via Google Drive and photos downloaded through the API (such as with Rclone) are not in full resolution and have the EXIF data stripped.
Google really fuck over anyone using Google Photos as a backup.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, with takeout, there are tools that can reconstruct the metadata. I think Google includes some JSONs or something like that. It’s critical to maintain the dates of the photos.
Also I think if I did that I would need double the storage, right? To sync the drive and to copy the files?
Dave@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
From what I’ve read, I would not trust any process other than the takeout process. Do the album thing to split it up.