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Self-hosting my photos with Immich

(michael.stapelberg.ch)
659 points birdculture | 2 comments | 30 Nov 25 09:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.435s | source
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WD-42 ◴[06 Dec 25 03:02 UTC] No.46170203[source]▶
Self 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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petesergeant ◴[06 Dec 25 06:05 UTC] No.46171096[source]▶
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
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big-and-small ◴[06 Dec 25 06:16 UTC] No.46171138[source]▶
For once iCloud have a terrible sync speed. Even 500GB of photos / videos take forever to sync like a week and I can't imagine what it will take for someone with multi-TB archives.
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1. volemo ◴[06 Dec 25 06:22 UTC] No.46171172[source]▶
Yes, but it's a one times occurrence, isn't it?
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2. big-and-small ◴[06 Dec 25 07:02 UTC] No.46171321[source]▶
I'd imagine if you're person who make a lot of photos / videos slow sync can be pretty annoying. Unfortunately I'm not one of them to tell, but just had to wait like a week for the first sync of my wife's iPhone to finish.