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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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.
Offline support is alright, though I haven't worried about this much. I think it doesn't do any local deletion, so whatever stays in your DCIM folder is still on device.
Do you have to ever open the app though? On iOS/Android?
In my case I would need it to run on the phones of my family members, and they probably will never open the app.
Since then, Immich and Syncthing+Keepass have worked as well as or better than their proprietary equivalents for my decidedly-non-technical wife.
I did initial setup, and she never has to think about it again. It just works, which is more than I can say for paid cloud subscriptions and their constant nags over exceeded storage space.