Why You Should Disable iCloud Photo Library (& What to Use Instead)

[@Strawbs1962]

With Google nothing is "free" YOU ARE THE PRODUCT.

[@анонимныйпользовательСноуден]

not google but also "Apple" itself

[@zeberaa957]

Literally the same with Apple idk what ur on about

[@LWashburnDesigns]

Isn't that true for other companies?

[@jackbrownson3484]

Not really, with apple, nothing is free and you are the product.

[@Strawbs1962]

Enjoy your “free” advertising, face recognition, location data leaching and unsolicited emailing from Google recommended companies, guys. 👍😁

[@HamsterRex]

If it’s free, you are the product.

[@jotty2451]

This. No fucking WAY is google getting their hands on my photos. There IS a reason it’s free. ABSOLUTELY. This dude is seriously causing harm by not mentioning that.

[@bommaritohawaii]

jotty exactly

[@bommaritohawaii]

Exactly the guy misses the whole point. First of all it’s not free. Google backs you into a corner and then you have to pay for it later. They will eventually charge for it if nothing else in advertently through tying into Google drive storage. Also he doesn’t mention the value in the apple ecosystem. iCloud photo library etc. can improve but between theThe two options I think it’s better

[@hydrochlor]

They're actually using your photos to train their AI. That's why you can search photos like "dogs" and It'll show you pics of dogs in your photos.

[@shotarcherz1690]

Jeff Bommarito he said google PHOTOS not google DRIVE

[@dragngt]

Personally, I think it’s worth paying a small amount of money for your privacy than giving it up to save a buck or two per month. Our personal information is going to be a commodity in the future if not now. We just saw how much data Facebook has on everyone. Honestly, back up the phone every 3 months and delete photos of your dinner and the 4-15 selfies you shot before getting the right one and you’ll almost never run out of space.

[@SCOTTEDM]

"back up the phone every 3 months and delete photos" > This is exactly what I do. Apple positioned themselves perfectly to make an aircraft carrier of cash. "Apple’s services division (Apple Music and iCloud) has been the company’s second strongest source of revenue behind iPhones since April 2016" - Verge, Apple 2017 Annual Report "Revenue from its services division came in at $8.5 billion in the past quarter, a 34 percent year over year increase" - Verge, Apple 2017 Annual Report

[@impoppy9145]

I agree. It's like 1$ which is less than a Doritos chips bag for an extra 50 GBs

[@tonyc1393]

Coming from the person commenting on KZbin with a device that is connected to the internet. 🤔 If you own a phone your data is collected some how some way.

[@anthonyreinhardt8926]

I do both. What if something happens, and everything is lost on one?Remember when 401-k’s were safe? Don’t have all the eggs in one basket. No freaking way.

[@ObaidullahTheGamer]

dragngt but what if we dont use social medias like facebook and twitter I only use instagram and youtube

[@cynthiatirol3931]

Thank you for clearly explaining storage in iCloud and advising another way to store photos!This is just what I have been researching on.

[@BL-mk3lr]

There is no way it’s switch to google photos. I’d rather pay for iCloud then give google even more data.

[@shitpee5520]

Good for you!

[@jackbrownson3484]

Arent you using youtube though?

[@haditamimi6507]

Correction: There is a common misconception in this Video. All photos are compressed when uploading in high quality mode in Google photos, but photos of larger than 16 MP are both compressed and resized to 16 MP. This is why the Google Pixel 2 has 2 years of unlimited original quality uploads, despite the camera being less than or equal 16 MP. If you want to test it out, try uploading using the high res option and compare the MD5 or the file sizes. TL,DR: All photos uploaded via "high quality" to Google Photos are compressed, but photos larger than 16 MP are both compressed and resized to 16 MP. Use original quality to avoid compression and resizing.

[@pxelguyplays]

Hadi Tamimi exactly! And videos are a whole new story. Google compressed them so much that I couldn't use them for anything. I've been through this "save your money on not using iCloud" thing, for me it just didn't work out.

[@haditamimi6507]

Pxel Guy For me, I use the office 365 1 Tb monthly subscription for $6 to sync files between my iPhone, Android and Blackberry10. But when it comes to app backups, (At least for non jail broken iPhones) there is only one option....

[@scottgriffin449]

Why own a Apple device when you still have to run to Google for free storage for your photos?

[@utah62]

Scott Griffin So if you have apple products you only can use iCloud ? That’s a crazy saying I must say.

[@toddpa-c3826]

Scott Griffin Totally True statement- however on the other hand, since my good friends over at Apple are such liberal thinkers (to say the least) - They should be appalled 😯 that any company would charge their customers in a way for particular service when these said companies should offer it for free!!!! Especially since they care so much about the 🌎 environment as well as Human Rights being protected however they choose to manufacture their products utilizing the cheapest - environmentally destructive , child loaded, cheapest labor forces in the world.... totally boggles my mind how Apple preaches their morals on so many of these topics and continue them yet their die hard clientele still worship them....

[@sedlandeladoucet5763]

I was gonna do this but the comments are saying otherwise😂

[@manarkebri7829]

I’m still doing it

[@bumperdog8735]

Manar Kebri did it work?

[@tayeet6377]

Manar Kebri what happened

[@easyzeg2012]

Manar Kebri same

[@Naelooo]

I’ve been doing this for 3 years on my Android. About three months ago I switched to iPhone and my iCloud is full now. So I would recommend it

[@jbar_85]

I only use iCloud for my contacts. That's it. Everything else is synced on iTunes with a USB wire to my laptop. Works every time haha!

[@Adamant9]

Jess Barnett You can enable Wi-Fi sync so that the backups to iTunes happen automatically over your home Wi-Fi direct from your phone to your computer.... then you don’t need to have the cable even.

[@MiaCarter7]

lol thats what I do. The "old school" way.

[@JoseCastro-to6rx]

Great video, maybe you forgot to mention that google photos should be open so you can upload it “automatically” and that it’s too slow. I have the same issue with KZbin red, Spotify. I switched to iCloud storage and Apple Music for convenience because only these services will sync in the background.

[@brianserrao2331]

FANTASTIC...You helped me to FINALLY get rid of the annoying message that says "Need To Update Storage" on my iPhone and iPad.

[@deborahsl]

FINALLY, I have been looking for a long time for answers on icloud, and how to get rid of it. I want my photos on physical storage. I have been paying the .99 for years, and I want out of it! Thank you so much! Great video!!

[@mfansari7]

OMG!! What a coincidence 😱😱😱 I was suffering from that issue & just actually thought the same idea what everything you've told, then watch this video, and my mind BOOOOM!!

[@nakeasimone13]

I have to agree I have so many photos I nearly took up all of my storage in my iPhone cuz if my pics and music i moved from my android. So I switch everything over to Google photos I recovered a lot of storage after deleting a lot of photos off the iPhone itself and I'm about to stop paying a monthly rate to Apple for storage because I have unlimited storage with my Google photos app. By the way I'm not new to Google photos I've always had Android phones, and I've never lost photos in Google photos or docs or music in Google Drive whenever I switch devices and I still have my information after switching over to Apple. I am a first time iPhone user so I was stoked to learn that I could download Google photos and Google Drive and bring my pictures, music and docs from my old Android to my iPhone and not have to worry about wasting any storage and pay money to Apple:)

[@ravenx3131]

Finally someone supporting the guy

[@guy3749]

Yup I’m outta storage with my photos. Thanks for the tip! I had google pics then I got rid of it, don’t know what you got until it’s gone. Was on the right track just had to get rid of iCloud. Live and learn. Thank you.

[@ProtectiveDadPranks]

SCREW THAT! Give one of the biggest tracking services more of your personal info. No thanks!

[@Crackie]

Finally I found how to close that annoying popup and free out some cloud storage! Thanks brotha♥

[@albertovasari8430]

If we have learned anything in recent years regarding Google it is that anything they give for free comes at a cost. And most of us can't possibly even fathom the real cost. You give them your personal information, likes/dislikes, photos, location, shopping habits... all of which they sell and share with God knows who. And in exchange, you receive a "free" service. I would never use them to store my personal photo library. With face recognition being as advanced as it is, you are essentially compromising the privacy of any friend or family member that is also in your photos. I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy nut. All of these uses and abuses by Google are well documented.

[@SCOTTEDM]

"I would never use them to store my personal photo library" -- thats the truth. I basically only use their calendar service.

[@kirkdelong3858]

You guys really think giving info to Apple is any better? Hahahahahahahaha

[@ztzexplorer]

You’re correct that there’s no real difference in quality between high quality photos and original quality. But there’s a HUGE difference for video due to compression. I realized this after a hiking trip with a friend. We dumped our photos and videos into a shared album in Google Photos. I’m paying for original quality while he is not, and the resolution of his videos was horrid compared to mine when viewed on the same screen. And his iPhone was four generations ahead of mine! I like Google Photos over iPhoto because you can share albums with android friends. Also, iPhoto doesn’t allow you to view original quality videos unless you download them first.

[@jamesl9371]

I use both. Why not? And it’s double the backup. I don’t trust any one service to be infallible

[@hermitaage]

The I cloud is great and it’s worth every penny for a peace of mind like others said a cup of coffee is more than a monthly charge for the iCloud. No going anywhere.

[@fabianbinder3681]

Google will scale down your photos after a certain amount of time.

[@danielmuchi8196]

You are God send bro . You saved me loads of crap money I spend on iCloud

[@chiccunuwu9746]

How do I put my gallery back to its original form? With high resolution photos and videos before “optimizing storage”?

[@jonathanj5713]

This is great advice if you don’t mind giving up your privacy, Google has algorithms that go through all of your photos I rather pay for the 2 TB of iCloud space and use that rather than give my information and my photos to google first read to catalogue thank you very much

[@estegueydijo....]

I think the best way to really store your photos is to use external SSD and have 2 SSD's in case one fails. I do that every time mi phone gets full, and I always erase bad taken photos on the spot so I don't clutter my SSD. Of course I have google as back up in case my phone dies.

[@davidcollison8973]

You are soooooo right! Last night my iPhone pulled out a gun and held me hostage until I bought more iCloud storage.

[@davidh7007]

We should of known.. Now we're all carrying 1,000+ dollars worth of ONLY iCloud storage.

[@crystalsmith3969]

Thank you so much for the info. This has saved me so much time and money. You’re the best!!

[@TheUnlockr]

You're welcome! Glad I could help!

[@jackienoel2864]

Thank you so Much!!! I’ve had so much trouble with icloud and my photos and didn’t know how to get rid of it or where to put them!! I appreciate you so much for your help!!

[@The_Real_HeatherMarie]

Subscribed! I like your down-to-earth style and simple, helpful info! Thanks! :)

[@SS-cn8vs]

my heart is racing at thinking of doing this!! I've accidentally deleted things off of iCloud twice and it devastated me. I would love to be free from the cloud!!! Mindblown!!!!

[@fredlaxton]

iCloud storage for backups and photos is a blessing, not a "problem". You don't know how many times people have come to me over the years, after losing their precious photos, or wrecking their phones and losing all their contacts. And no, they never have a backup, or at least a current one. Oh yes, they backed up their photos THREE YEARS ago, one time, but nothing current or automatic. That's the genius of iCloud backups - they're automatic! So no, I'm not going to use a kludge with Google Photos, I'm using iCloud. In fact, I'm on the family plan, so all my devices, my wifes, my Mom's and my sisters ARE BACKED UP! Whew! Problem solved ;-) All that for just $3 a month for 200GB of storage for the family. A huge bargain!

[@Miracollix]

you know thats exactly what google photos does ? backing up automatically nothing more

[@canaksut311]

Them losing their precious data is because of THEIR fault of not backing up. When i have a working external drive and back up my files on that and really just dont need the icloud then it becomes a "problem" and you have to disable it so the notes app on your mac stops giving me buy icloud pop ups and really do what it suposed to do. Taking real notes!

[@abbyvangelder7822]

Thank you So So much!! iCloud Library has made a nightmare and i never knew there was this fix. Already tried it--works great and no charge:)

[@brennanball5973]

It’s not that big of a deal because it’s cheap for more storage. Also I love iCloud Photo Library because I can access them anywhere and on every device and it helps since it is part of the ecosystem. Way easier since it is built in so it’s easy to access. I don’t have to use a 3rd Party system like google photos where it’s harder to use and I have to download an app

[@kevinmurtagh3434]

But you don’t have to pay,

[@randomrimrock]

I’m so happy that you made this video, I’ve been having this problem that I cannot watch my videos when I don’t have internet access. And when I do, I usually have to wait for the video to be downloaded from iCloud. And ever since I noticed that thing happening, I wanted to stop it so badly. I couldn’t even import my videos I recorded into my video editors on my phone without WiFi, and I usually edit them outside. After watching this video, and turn that annoying crap off and can finally live a happy life.

[@prestonadkins2916]

why are there so many angry people commenting... it's just a video lol

[@T6Demo]

Preston Adkins they’re comments for a reason

[@jerryvincent8402]

Preston Adkins I think this country has turned into a bunch of whiners!🇺🇸

[@realnamesir7493]

Because this bonehead is telling everyone what they SHOULD do- and it's not better, it's stupid and reckless because it comes with many downsides.

[@nate8733]

Wait do you go to sds?

[@CinnamonRabbitt]

I own three Apple devices, they advertise 5 GB storage with each device. If the devices communicate together on iCloud, only 5 GB of storage is actually available. So because I disagree with this bit of Apple logic which I consider a cheat, I found a work around. I used to download my photos into a pc occasionally. Now I use a SanDisk expand flash drive, a little snail of a flash drive. Quick back up from newer i-product . Later, quick to add to PC photo library. But I don’t feel the need to carry all of my photos with me. Some people do. And it makes me compile them in a way I can actually find them later. Thanks for your video. I keep looking for new ideas, but agree this one might not be secure enough for me.

[@wjdc893]

My friend, this video of yours is excellent, very useful and helpful, so can you do one showing us, your subscribers, how to stop all the apps from using iCloud all together and use an alternative instead. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!!!

[@richardjones9007]

I want to keep my iCloud back up because it’s useful if I damage or lose or change my phone. But when I want to stop is the automatic photo sharing to all my Apple devices. I have yet to find a video on KZbin that explains how to accomplish this result without disabling my iCloud back up.

[@Snail_Nailz]

Ummm…iCloud storage is specifically meant as a device to automatically sync the same photos & such to all your devices. If u don’t want something syncing then just sign out of icloud on that device.

[@Readwandx]

But I don’t want Google to have all my private photos

[@haditamimi6507]

Tony Stark I don't trust Google too, but to be fair, iCloud had its fair share of security concerns.

[@technojerry]

Hadi Tamimi iCloud did not security issues, users with easy passwords to hack was the issue, like movie stars using their dog’s name.

[@JohnPatricio661]

Kim Luc Schlesser I think that Apple has stated that they can’t access those pictures though.They’re encrypted server side as well. Google on the other hand accesses their pictures to build their algorithm for processing pictures when taking pics from their Pixel phones. They’re phones rely heavily on their software processing. If anyone knows differently please chime in.

[@indradiana]

Yup this is where apple is different from google. Apple is concern to not selling your data to anyone. It's main business is selling hardware + software. Google, on the other hand, rely its business on advertising. Company pays Google for their great user data collection. Google know what to recommend to you almost perfectly because it has your data. That's why I choose apple over google.

[@OurDailyMeme]

Kim Luc Schlesser Only if you own the data servers

[@rgilson7725]

Thank you thank you thank you, I’ve bean trying to change this for days now so I could do a backup so I can sync my phone stuff with my iPad😘

[@TimpossibleOne]

I have the $3 family sharing plan with 5 people and about 8 devices and we're using about 25% of our capacity so there's plenty of room for photo storage and backups

[@valleclair1807]

Great instructions! I’ve completed the Google photos and all the photos in apple have been synced. Worked perfectly, however, after going back into iPad storage, there is still showing 292.8 MB and there’s nothing in there. Any instructions as to how to free up that space?

[@sewandembmom12]

I had maxed out my storage with the photo's. After I deleted the photo's, it says that I still have used 4.6 GB out of 5 GB.

[@kingeli2931]

Same

[@lushhampers2793]

Really helpful! thank you - so new for me and you have helped me so much!

[@lisagroves6448]

I have private photos, don’t want them auto saved anywhere.

[@Bryce_C.]

lisa groves private photos?? Gross

[@qwazycracked1724]

😂😂

[@robjulian9118]

HAHAHAHAH this is so funny imagine, You’re account was borrowed by your friend

[@lisagroves6448]

Who are you people? You certainly know nothing about me how truly strange to make comments about someone you don’t know but proves the point of why one wouldn’t want their photos made public randomly.

[@user-ce6od9dk5m]

lisa groves lol

[@Vokieeeee]

Hy , David ! I just subscribed ! First time here but your comment to it all makes very good sense ! What happened to me was ! I got my Ipad in 2014 as brand new , now ! Last Year I got a message from Appleto say that my IOS needs an update to be able to view or whatever , I cannot remember the reason ! So , I updated it to the first 12.1 something from 10. something ! It has already updated itself from the previous 12. something and now it wants to update itself again , overnight ! It has been trying to do it for a couple of Nights but failed and informed me so but , what I an getting at is when I had to update the first time it then uploaded every Photo to icloud without my say or whatever ! I had no idea of that till it told me that I am nearing my capacity of icloud storage and I had No idea how to fix it to not upload ! Well , I found it in settings and disabled it but , it now tells me every time that I switch my ipad on that Icloud storage almost full at 4.8 GB from the free 5 GB that Apple give us ! A pain in the Rear , really ! We have an Apple Store about 28 Kilometres away and I am thinking to go there and ask for their Free help to fix it all ! Retrieve my Photos , etc ! I hate it when they tell one that “Go and purchase more Gigabytes” ! What the Hell for , I say to myself ! I have , in the past used a “Lightning” cord, connection to put my previous Photos from the ipad to a USB Stick maybe via my Computer , I cannot recall , too long ago ! I just want to know how one can retrieve these Icloud Photos and then Delete the thing ! Also , if I have or had a Password for the icloud storage , I have no idea of it and I have no idea if one needs a Password or PIN Number ? Cheers ! Oh , I guess You are in America ?

[@azuricah]

This was amazingly awesome, necessary & thoroughly explained information!!

[@TheUnlockr]

Thank you! 🙏

[@sufea]

i have no other choice... hopefully this doesnt do any damage

[@citizencain454]

I don’t trust Google with anything. And the iCloud service is not really that expensive. :-)

[@BrettMcNary]

I trust Google more than Apple........no question

[@antoombom9584]

Eli T. Iceman In other words Google gives/sells your information and Apple is using your information themselves. So I would rather send my information to Apple then Google.

[@edvinasm7902]

Apple uses Google Cloud for their iCloud storage :) so, either way your data ends up in Google servers.

[@hardtruth2039]

Brett McNary foolish to trust either of them.

[@bxnycrampage]

Then don’t use it nobody is forcing you to use google photo thats your insecurity

[@giosant5327]

You have to save on a hd once in a while thats it

[@ftounalmutairi5794]

If I disable ICloud Photos, would I lose my photos from the camera roll (the App)? Thank you

[@HomicidalKings]

Ftoun Almutairi I’m still trying to find the answer to this. Did you come across anything?

[@Apersonl0l]

Ftoun Almutairi i have the answer If you re running low on iphone storage, they will make the photos that has already been on the icloud photo storage “suckier” so you can redownload it on your phone later Now if you were to dissable it, all the photos you have in your icloud AND the “suckified” version on your phone I’ve made the mistake of neglecting this feature and have 70% of my photo “suckified” so if i were to dissable it, i will lose like 10-15 GB worth of photos and videos so i hope you dont make the mistake i did

[@roamingwyld]

Aperson101 hey do you mind clarifying a bit? what exactly was your mistake?

[@scottabergermd]

Thank you for this. I am currently going through something that is very on point to your video. I’m getting the message that there is not enough storage on my hard disc and it is from iCloud which i think the photos backup is what is taking up all the storage. I will try. Thanks again.

[@TheUnlockr]

No problem. Good luck!

[@justiny9978]

There are some concerns with Google Photos, which would have been nice to include in the video as a full disclosure. Privacy issues and file compression are two reasons why I choose not to use Google Photos. But it is a good how-to video. Keep up the good work.

[@qwmf05gcpt42]

Justin Y Google's the only one who knows anything about your photos when you store it with them it stays with send Google it's very secure and the compression doesn't affect most pictures from a phone if you're going to use your DSLR yeah you have problems

[@biggiesmol]

But the privates of celebrities released over iCloud is not an issue?

[@running4fun863]

Super thanks, extremely helpful.

[@legotech101]

Wow, this video has so much misinformation. Google Photos cuts your resolution in half regardless of the MP cap. Also, you're giving all your information to Google no matter what.

[@lvialviaquez9146]

chemicalsam in my country some perverts hacked google and stole women’s naked pictures and send them on whatapp adding them to years of years of packs they gather

[@xoxo8271]

lvia lviaquez god forbid...

[@mshore8449]

Very helpful, l do have one question and you may have already answered it, but l missed it. Can you tell me if I need to turn off iCloud photos on each device separately? Thank you.

[@f.g.7091]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR ABSOLUTELY LOGIC ADVICE!!! " ALWAYS LIKE YOUR IDEAS!

[@ricdonato4328]

All caps is an indication of YELLING and SCREAMING, thus all caps is much frowned upon. Also, all caps are much more difficult reading than lower case letters. Name one paper, magazine and the like using all caps.

[@liutony4872]

The 2nd day I bought the ipad pro Apple notified me my icloud account has less than 25% space left. I took a look and found out they backup everything, including web app caches like Google docs. It also suggested I could saved a few hundred megabytes of photos storage on my 256GB ipad by uploading them to icloud (5GB). Besides, icloud photo needs work, such as "hidden" vs "archive". There are other problems such as hiding information especially exif, information like aperature, shutter speed, iso, dimensions are completely censored.

[@pshyeah1128]

After turning off iCloud backup, should I click remove from library or download photos & videos?

[@connorwilliams7975]

pshyeah1128 I have the same question

[@luciapachon-ortiz9603]

Thank you so much! this was way faster than iCloud backup for my pictures.

[@rixx46]

I agree in principle, BUT what he leaves out is when you turn off CLOUD STORAGE in the Apple IOS, it deletes your photos from all devices. You MUST make sure any photos stored on your device BEFORE you turn it off.

[@salma.z2]

How ?

[@kevinmorley9372]

I just got a couple of terabyte hard drives, usb adaptors to drive them & downloaded all my photos & videos to them both to avoid losing any. Cost £64 all in, not even used iTunes in fact it's not on the pc only my laptop but don't use iTunes anymore. Easy enough to search by date/year even, edit & resale and share. Was only when Apple said my subscription was going up or delete some photos, I decided I wanted to be in control. Same with onedrive

[@Wiechu33]

1$ is not much.

[@timcorellnielsen5885]

Dominik Wiechowski LOL i thought you was me.

[@CornPollenSingerz]

Cheaper than pandora plus

[@nickylema2198]

1$ for what?

[@lillycher2455]

Nicky Lema icloud storage DUH

[@nickylema2198]

Well I didn’t know obviously 🙄

[@Seetv]

Thank you so much for this. Turning off photo backups now! 📷❌😁

[@cobrabtc]

The problem with the Google photos app is that the app won’t back up any photos or videos unless the app is open and running. The moment you minimize or close the app, the backup stops. Very annoying. Dropbox can sync in the background. Why doesn’t Google have this fixed?

[@syedfaizanali1499]

Bro you just need to go to settings and select “Backup in background” and google photos will start backing up photos and even videos in the background as well...:-)

[@ellis3631]

Thanks I kept on running out of storage and kept on getting the notification❤️

[@KramSacul]

So this is basically an ad for Google Drive. Yeah, no thanks.

[@TheUnlockr]

+Kram Sacul Google photos, not drive. Which is the only service like this I've found that is completely free. That's why I chose it. Feel free to leave some suggestions of other similar services that are free for this if you have another you prefer and works as well.

[@tinajesson]

what great advice - really appreciate you taking me through the steps. I had never really got this before. We share photos through google photos anyway across my business and all these photos go on fb anyway so google has your content anyway.

[@jnmks]

i dont even backup my phone anymore 😂😂😂 rip

[@mayathescientistt]

jnmks same

[@kevinb319]

Now going with Google photo which is great... do you still use the $.99 icloud to back up the other features on your iphone? Are there other options ? Thanks

[@furqankhan9868]

this is what i have been doing in since day 1 👍

[@DaMurr]

Keep doing these every Tuesday please

[@elik1491]

Thank you so much!!! I needed this!!

[@naveengupta160]

Thanks . What about security of google photo over icloud photo

[@fredlevel897]

I'm happy storing a few photos and backups on the same place and I don't trust Google anymore than Apple. I actually have less trust in Google than in Apple...for now. So, between 2 evils...I keep iCloud for now

[@Neeq_Kotei]

Why didn’t you show us the remove from iPhone pop up that comes when you try to disable it?

[@austinmcnair612]

The problem with Google Photos is that it's not actually free: you are paying for it with your private data. They use it for marketing, research, face recognition, "3rd party services," and essentially are making a huge profit off of your data which you agree to in their terms of service. Additionally, Apple's default photo format is PNG which has higher quality in colors than JPEG (a lossy format, meaning you lose quality for editing). This is why a 4mb photo in PNG turns into a 1.5mb JPEG in Google's "high quality" format, perhaps even less once they compress it. Apple is HEAVILY committed to protecting privacy. So much so that the FBI complains about it. One might ask, "why should I be concerned about privacy?" Watch the documentary about Snowden and the NSA. If you still don't care, more power to ya.

[@vanidiana]

Thanks, lately it's very hard to download photos from icloud photo library. You can't just select certain photos and download. I guess I'll try google photos and see how it will work.

[@miketindol1679]

I distrust google more than I distrust Apple.

[@nivid01]

Mike Tindol absolutely, but Apple is right up there with Google as your post implied!

[@kingchubs]

Mike Tindol yup! Privacy does not benefit any of alphabet’s businesses at all.

[@Ghettosouls7]

Thank you so much you really really helped me out a lot I will subscribe & like

[@DamionRoberson]

****Misleading, I will say you did a great job with the production of this video and overall quality of what we are seeing but your giving dangerous incorrect information. Please educate yourself with the benefits of both services before jumping out there with a video like this. Most people only care about photos so that’s why iCloud Photo Library was created. It doesn’t have a MP cap and you can upload not only the photos in your mobile device but all the high res photos from a SLR that your computer is holding. Your opinion is a great idea for people who aren’t lazy and have educated themselves on backing up their data but for most people who don’t understand how this all works your telling them to remove a service that keeps their data safe. Google photos is a great free service but it still cost money and your data isn’t secure. You’re also not telling people the bad things about the google photos application on iOS. If someone wants to upload all their photos to the app and delete them off their device, they cannot re-download that picture to their iOS device camera roll. Google photos removed this feature which defeats the purple of the application. Please remove this video or make a video strictly promoting google photos for iOS devices.

[@thomas0086]

Damion Roberson honestly I🤬 hate google. And Twitter is following suit making these utterly ignorant feature removal decisions that just blow my mind across all of their apps.

[@clayharris2907]

You’re clearly uneducated yourself. “Google photos is a great free service but it still cost money” firstly, that doesn’t make sense. How can a free service cost money? Secondly, google photos doesn’t even cost money, if you want original quality it’s still free unless you hit your 15gb free quota.

[@Fleed907]

I can download photos from google Photos to my iPhone!

[@h1films55]

Dyski how

[@mrSuperfree]

@@h1films55 you can download them on your computer and then move them to your iphone via itunes.

[@izaakh-a8374]

I tried google photos, but it is useless. The app experience is horrible. Everything 'just works' with the native photos app. I have 200GB plan and it is only £36 per year. That is really cheap!

[@8654ZuluFoxtrot]

Yeah, nah, I love my iCloud Photo Library. Why? Because it shares all my photos on all of my devices flawlessly and without extra apps that need to be upgraded and may, or may not, work flawlessly....more like not. So yeah, Apple gets richer if I pay for this service but I don’t care....I LOVE the service and will gladly pay them to keep innovating.

[@linakoh4206]

Wow thank you I just sub to your channel and followed your advise of disabling iCloud I was contemplating if I should pay the storage since it ran out

[@jeryori6309]

What happens if it keeps saying “ iCloud full “ when it’s full space on iCloud?

[@scorpiovibes4534]

Jery Ori I have that same question

[@WeTheDylan]

First off, this isn't even remotely new, iCloud library has existed for over 2 years so I'm already questioning your knowledge of apple products. Secondly, if you're integrated into the Apple ecosystem and have more than just an iPhone the $1 / mth makes much more sense, especially with apple's new compression file format for photos and videos. It's much easier to be able to use third party apps to edit the photos and have the edits be instantly available on other devices rather than having the Google app convert the photos to JPEG then have you download them individually onto your phone / computer to edit them then reupload them to the app. It kills the fluidity of the ecosystem, takes a step back and also gives Google access to all your photos and you could accidentally make your entire library public at the flip of a switch. To that you may say well hey didn't a bunch of people get their icloud photos hacked, yes they did but what they failed to make clear in the news of that was that it was done through phishing emails, fake emails sent to people asking for their password which they put in because they're dumb. Anyways you get my drift, if you have an iPhone you can afford the $1 a month to fuel the system and your life will be made much easier with your photos easily available to you all the time and all the time uploading rather than you having to download a photo to use it and then remember to check if the app is backing up your photos.

[@anthonybrazzle]

You Make A Good Plausible Point, But I Still Think Google Photos Is Better. But Of Course, That's Relative.

[@nowoffyougo5065]

Old or new I found the info good to know, probably won’t change over to google but now I can make that call. And Btw Dylan, some people are new at this game, that’s why they’re watching the video, doesn’t make em dumb. You best watch something else.

[@maninthecab]

To be fair to Dylan , his point is that iCloud wasn't hacked , people gave away their password ; however new you might be , surely people know that the only way to keep private things private is not to divulge passwords .

[@vanessaamanatidis65]

I know nothing about this stuff, but my photos take up so much storage on my phone. I do like the ability to not have to go to my computer to find old photos. What is the difference? Do you have a recommendation. So confused? I want more storage on my phone but don't want to delete them all is there a middle ground?

[@michaelaxoxo6164]

But what if you get a new phone and yeah you’ve been paying a dollar a month for nothing

[@Beforeshesgone]

Wait if I do this does it actually delete the photos or no

[@Adamant9]

Good video ....but fatal flaw of Google photos is privacy! Google Photos gives google .... my photos... they already have everything else on me I don’t think they need all my photos too.... iCloud is $1 a month and doesn’t take my privacy. Google is notorious for being terrible with privacy. Apple is proven to be far safer!

[@marelli777]

Adam Hanrahan lmao i dont give a shit if someone across the globe sees my girls nudes

[@Alex-uy8zx]

Very nice tip and trick but there is a problem for those of us who are iPhone users. When sending a text and wanting to attach a photo, Google Photos is not an option. Thanks for the insightful video and keep up the great work.

[@unrealgaming2469]

screenshot the photo in google photos or redownload the image

[@scottwallace1]

What you call a downside, for many, including me, is a great feature. I get that it will eat up storage. But just as you chose to have an unlimited data cellular plan (me too, gotta have it), I choose to have enough storage to allow for my photo library to be automatically and seamlessly managed. I make a change on my iPhone, then it shows up with those changes on my iPad and MacBook Pro. No uploading/downloading/nuking duplicates, etc. So again, just as you could save $10/20/30 bucks a month with a more limited cell data plan, anyone could save $10 a month and explore third party options for cheaper storage. But just as you see value in unlimited data, I see value in paying $9.99/mo. for 1TB of storage and seamless management of what has become the most important feature in a smartphone: the camera and resulting photos. My two cents.

[@maninthecab]

Exactly why I choose to use iCloud ; the tiny fee means no messing about to get phots or videos on all my device with no effort needed ; obviously everybody has their own preferences but to me it's real value .

[@spankynater4242]

As near as I can tell, most data plans are now limitless.

[@Taylor410e]

Hi It worked well. Can u do a video on how to move photos back on to iPhone. Thanks.

[@ricaldrich3424]

You're right the $2.99 a month is killing me........

[@jodavinci1208]

Lol

[@Zoppaz]

Yet we have 1300€/1000$ phones on our pockets.

[@GakuseiChatto]

ty men! The Iphoto library feature something enable itself with a path and i wasn't able to see my photo from my iphone, because iam not connected to istuff to it, so i search: how to remove photos from iphone. Thank you for this!

[@papaganteng194]

This is the main reason that makes me more prefer the SD card.

[@62wyo]

It is no longer free. U need to do an updated video

[@mallikarjun.ssidanna2420]

This one really helped meeeee

[@Hustlasownineverythang]

FACTS I have been with google photos since 2012 the throwbacks I have is endless I love it I needed this video to just confirm not fucking up my phone by turning my iCloud off SO YOU ARE THE GOAT FOR THIS👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@TheUnlockr]

Ha so glad I could help 👊

[@mrtech2259]

Are you sure Google doesn't touch your pictures that are less than 16mp? I upload to Google photos and when set on high quality I always see the resolution is less than original (in MB)

[@shadyendeavor]

Google recompresses all photos under 16MP, so they definitely are not untouched. The resolution is "supposed to be" the same, but well, this is a company that's making you the product.

[@climbbike1234]

They DO compress them. This guy doesn't know what's he's taking about

[@banksiasong]

Thanks, I'm still going crazy with Apple restrictions, buy I'll watch your video some more to try and extricate myself.

[@AtinSinghal]

Once Google releases an app for Mac which lets the photos available offline too like Photos App for Mac and also allows photos to sync from my iPhone without opening the app every time, I would love to shift to Google Photos...

[@sergekills]

Yesss. Exactly. I don't mind $1 a month till I don't have to ALWAYS run an app to upload my latest photos. And the good thing about an iCloud is that it doesn't compress your photos or videos.

[@seelensand]

You can do the offline part today. Just go to your google drive, enable show google photos folder in drive (this will make all the photos from google photos visible in google drive but without adding to google drive storage) and then use google backup & sync for google drive to keep a local copy on any Mac or windows pc. This works because you essentially have put your google photos into google drive (because of the first step) and science you are syncing your google drive it will also sync the Google Photos folder with all of its contents (that will be your photos). You can also add your local photos on your Maschine to the backup and choose high quality for photos and they will be uploaded to google photos.