alt Hacker NewsSelf hosting used to mean conceding on something. I can honestly say Immich is better in every way than Google Photos or whatever Apple calls it. The only thing is having to set it up yourself.
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Does your phone silently and reliably upload all the photos to your server? My guess you're conceding on that part.
How's the offline app support? My full library (30k items) is available on my phone (not in high res). There are a lot more concessions I'm sure.
Not in every way. Seems it has issues with Ultra HDR (https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/23094)
For the record, I think Immich is very good, and I use it myself. But there is something about the design and performance in the mobile app that still makes it feel "not quite there yet" on iOS at least.
I'm actually in the process of building a home NAS server primarily for this purpose. Delighted to hear everyone has such a good experience.
Other than redundant hosting, what will I get as an Apple user by setting this up? It would be very easy to set up, just not sure what I’m gaining from it
There are still some features that a miss from Google photos. There isn't any way (that I know of) to auto add pictures to an album based on the face. I used to have dedicated albums for family members, and it was nice to have the auto updated.
Face recognition in general just isn't as good as Google Photos.
It's still an amazing piece of software and I'd never go back, but it isn't perfect yet.