They actually did build a way to undo enabling backup that removed all the photos added from the enabled device. I guess that's a tacit acknowledgement that people are likely to enable this accidentally.
replyI remember there being a mini scandal about this feature being limited to 3 uses or something, but can't seem to find the story right now.
https://support.google.com/photos/thread/405321957?hl=en&msg...
This was even more annoying when they started including whatsapp backups in your quota and sent a load of people over quota. And as far as I know there's no alternative for whatsapp backups apart from plugging in a USB cable and hoping Whatsapp don't change the method between now and when you need to restore it
replyThe Whatsapp's restore process if you're not on Google Drive is unreliable too. I keep a separate backup but also have to keep the Google Drive backup on because it's too risky now I've seen it fail to restore and was only able to rescue it using the Google Drive backup I had also. If it just had my backup I'd have lost the lot.
replyI wrote some JavaScript and paste it in my console to automate this when I left Google Photos. The “data avarice” is astounding.
replyMobster tactics from google. Nice.
replyJust remember that Google always kills its products, and they are an advertising company.
I'm joking, I hope, but Google ain't what it used to be.
Which part was meant to be a joke?
replyCareful, don't cloud deletions sync, i.e. remove the previously offline-only files from your devices?
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