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I really need to choose a service to host all my photos on. I was a singular archive of every photo I've ever taken.

I'm seriously considering setting up a camlistore[1] server but it would probably mean writing my own Android/iOS apps to do auto-upload.

Also, I do rather like all of the features that Google Photos comes with...

[1] https://camlistore.org/

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I use the Amazon Cloud drive for backups of originals - it's $59.99 a year for "unlimited" storage. Here I backup my RAW images and camera phone images.

Once I've edited photos and want to publish (using Lightroom) I publish to flickr.

This works nicely and I'm glad I have steered clear of any of Google's or Apple's offerings - frankly I don't trust them.

Google Photos is awesome for lazy people like me. Everything auto-uploads. I can publish or not. I can edit or not. Convenient, free, and useful.

I use all three - flickr, google photos (the free version) and amazon. I also have harddrive backups as well - Im very indecisive!

Flickr is what, 10-15 years old. Why not Flickr?

I use Bittorrent Sync and just order stuff in directories. I don't like proprietary storage systems.

Alternatively, Dropbox and OneDrive work pretty well as well. Both have pretty nice photo viewing interfaces (on the web and mobile).

Why not Google Photos?...

I like Lightroom + Lightroom Mobile (which has automatic sync). When it syncs to my computer it gets into Dropbox, but a creative cloud subscription will have Adobe back things up for you too. Not free, but I put value on my photos and am getting pro-level editing tools at the same time.

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