Subj : pixelfed, immich
To : Adept
From : Ogg
Date : Fri Sep 19 2025 09:44 pm
Hello Adept!
** On Friday 19.09.25 - 08:06, Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:
pF>> Time for a homelab - set up any mail-in-a-box solution and Pixelfed for
pF>> image sharing...
A> I'm months behind, but somehow this is the first I've heard of Pixelfed.
Me too. First time here.
A> Though now I'm uncertain what the use case is, at least if I can't depend
A> on finding 20 of my closest friends to begin using it.
Me too. Not sure I need a dedicated federated system just for
sharing photos. But I suppose the air-gap from traditional
public access to attachments in email and the avoidance of
scrutiny and skimming in the googlephotos system is an
advantage.
A> Though, on this note, I have been wanting to look into Immich, in an
A> attempt to reduce my reliance on Google Photos.
A> I don't know that I want to purge my photos from Google Photos, as it
A> provides me with a low-quality backup that's wildly different from my
A> other backups. But any point where I can be more in control of my content,
A> the better.
Immich is still too new. Hang on to Google Photos.
