Photo storage problem?

Thanks for the link Scozmos;     To be honest I use an external hard drive which has a massive 28TB which I can plug into the computer and drag my files/photos in to it.    I have looked at iCloud storage too and have the 99p per month for pc/iPhone back up and photos from iPhone, etc which seems adequate offering 50GB.     I looked at both plans for the one you mentioned and iCloud and from what I can see the pricing is cheaper with iCloud  although not gone into this too deeply with myself using an external hard drive (Western Digital).  

iCloud:  United Kingdom³ (GBP)

5GB:  free

50GB: £0.99

200GB: £2.99

2TB: £8.99

(higher data plans available). 

compared to "Ente.io/" 

5 GB.  £0/mo

50 GB.  £2.49/mo

Thanks for the response Hazel, I agree on the pricing etc. but, iCloud and Google photos are both open to abuse by those corporations, this is p2p secure, only you and anyone you share with has access, in my mind that's important. Apparently the G company will use "our" photos. I also have two backup drives one has all my RAW files on. it, the other is my working JPGs. I now move them to Ente once I've weeded through or shared.

I've found iCloud hard work to organise (can you?) whereas this allows albums or collections and therefor variable sharing.

I just thought some might be interested

If you have Amazon Prime, unlimited photo storage is free. No idea what they do with them though...

I guess I have Amazon Prime as well I think I once considered using it but I already had Google Photos. I used to use G+ as a sharing platform and loved it but they did away with it. This is probably about my own "sorting out' I guess, attempting to get them all into one place and under my control hah!

Scozmos said:

I've found iCloud hard work to organise (can you?)

to be honest, I only use iCloud for backups generally that have photos on them from the iPhone so nothing to organise really,   haven't gone into it deeply so not sure how the organiser works.     

From my short experience, there isn't one? 

Like Hazy, I too use external hd's, though not such a large size. I also detest the greed around big organisations, and even more frustratingly, the increased desire for personal data, which inherents greater security risk.

Another issue I have with online storage, apart from the glossy social media third party data sharing aspects [unless you pay a subscription] that many thrust in your face these days, is reduced file data information, ie not just time and date, but the camera settings, lens settings etc.

I've recently had to replace my smartphone (not yet three years old), not because it's aged, but because the greed of the big organisations has resulted in the forced storage of apps that I NEVER use,and the desire to force users to paying for online storage. The smartphone has plenty of battery life, but the available memory space is lost to numerous apps like FB, Google, IG, the operating system software Android, Apple, Microsoft and then there's the device manufacturers apps, particularly those claiming to make my purchasing easier (cough cough).

That device is now confined to waste, because I DON'T trust the recycling process, not so much from an environmental perspective, but more importantly personal data security. There's a lot of personal data on devices these days. Too much.....

I also keep a backup of each HD, because they don't have an indefinite lifespan, particularly if you undertake a lot of editing, rearranging and deleting of files.

The reason for the smaller drives is down to transfer times and reduced risk of corrupted files during the backup transfers. The aged advice; "don't keep all your eggs in one basket"