I still remember when this cloud thing was just starting, and some people were absolutely glowing that they can have 4 gigs in the cloud for only 5 bucks a month. At the time I had been drowning in 4GB and larger memory cards for probably a decade.

  • Mike D.@lemmy.worldEnglish
    93·
    1 year ago

    Make sure you back it up occasionally. I lost years of photos after the card became corrupt. :(

  • mirror_slap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Use Resilio Sync and you can sync your device to any PC or server for free, or run Nextcloud or Owncloud and have true cloud for free.

    • LoganNineFingers@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Would you mind elaborating on the difference/ your experience between Resilio vs Owncloud? I’ve poked around on their site but some user feedback / experience would be appreciated.

      I run a Plex server on a Windows machine and could spare a few terabyte extra to host my own photo and video storage for my wife and i. Is this what these do? Ideally I would be able to set it up so it just uploads once you plug your phone in and are on the network. Or is that too fancy for either of these?

      Thanks!

      • mirror_slap@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Resilio just works to synchronize data. That’s All it does, across any operating system or platform, selectively or whole hog.

        Owncloud or Nextcloud are meant to be similar to Google drive, a central repository with clients connecting, and a web interface.

  • HidingCat@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    Using a Samsung Galaxy A52s now, am very worried about what will happen when I need to replace it in 3-4 years; it’s like the last phone that has nearly everything I want: microSD card slot, headphone jack, and OIS for the main camera. If it had a removable battery or at least easily replaceable battery it’d be perfect.

    • SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      Look up Sony Xperia phones. They’re expensive but they’re quality phones with the features you want.

    • Yttra@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’m on the hunt for a phone with these criteria right now as well…

      I’m leaning toward the Zenfone 10 (poor international availability, no mSD), Xperia 1 or 5 (also poor int. availability, $$$), or maybe just sucking it up and getting a Pixel for GrapheneOS with a dongle :/

  • popemichael@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    They have a finite number of read/write cycles in them. They are not meant to last more than about 10-15 years tops.

    Make sure you back that up to an actual cloud storage or you may as well not use it at all.

      • Karcinogen@vlemmy.netEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        An actual cloud is a cumulation of water found in the that has condensed around condensation nuclei. There are three distinct forms of clouds: stratus, cumulus, and cirrus. Stratus clouds are long and flat and blanket the sky in a uniform grey. Cumulus clouds are puffy—like cotton balls. Cirrus clouds are thin and wispy. Cirrus clouds are only found in the highest regions of the troposphere, whereas stratus clouds and cumulus clouds are found on all three levels of the troposphere. Clouds do not form in the layers above the troposphere.

  • gdbjr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    So where will you backing that up to because it will fail at some point, only a matter of time.

  • bushOfBerries@kbin.social
    31·
    1 year ago

    As someone clumsy who lives in a city with a lot of canals…

    There are associated risks with this kind of “backup” also.

  • ProfessorFlaw@kbin.social
    11·
    1 year ago

    What it your phone gets stolen? Thats all your data gone, what about sd cards corrupting? It happenes often, what about having left your phone at home and having to acces your documents? (Thats a very specific thing)

    • Rooki@lemmy.worldM
      7·
      1 year ago

      Then you didnt do the holy 3 Backup steps

      1. 3 Copies from the document
      2. 2 Different storage devices/devicetypes
      3. 1 Offsite copy

      https://www.hanselman.com/blog/the-computer-backup-rule-of-three

      And if you really need really fast updates. Then why not use a self hosted NAS. Because there you can controll what happens to the data and not a big coorperation that scans through your files (even encrypted zip files).

      • ProfessorFlaw@kbin.social
        0·
        1 year ago

        And manually copying your data to 2 devices daily and haveing a offsite copy is easier/better than having a 99 cents/month icloud+ subscribtion?

        • Rooki@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago
          1. Apple ewwww
          2. You know we are here at [email protected] ? You are not making friends for telling this here.

          There are enough open source, self host(able) free solutions. And if they are so important why are putting it on a untrusted provider aka apple that access the photos without your consent.