How do you share pictures with your friends/family?

If you are happy with the whole DIY thing perhaps consider nextcloud and hook it up to something like Backblaze or Wasabi?

Could probably do the same with a static site generator, there's some nice image gallery templates around, maybe a few hours of messing around to get it all setup but after that it's just a case of 5 mins updating it now and then.

Had a Nextcloud instance before, but wasn't what I was looking for. It's less for archival family album purposes, but more for sharing pictures of a trip in a way that leaves some room for social interaction with my friends - without being public. Do you use Nextcloud to share pictures in your friend circle and know something I don't?

I share pics using nextcloud links, but not that often, usually just via email for simplicity.

For something with a social element I'm not sure, though open source alternatives to popular platforms usually pop up on the front page.

A family WhatsApp group

Google Photos album