Amazon Photo Storage

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hi, does anybody use this service?

according to amazon, it's free with unlimited space.

 

kind of like a cloud storage for pictures.

i guess it beats jamming all my pix into a backup hard drive,

but i have never used it before, so not sure about its security and reliability.

 

thanks.

[tikker]

It's free unlimitedly for Amazon Prime members:

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https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Photos/b?ie=UTF8&node=13234696011
Is Amazon Photos really unlimited?

As a Prime member, you get unlimited photo storage and 5 GB for video. Looking for more video storage? Storage plans start at $1.99/month.

 

What happens to my photos if I leave Amazon Prime?

If you cancel your Amazon Prime membership, or allow it to expire, you’ll still retain the 5 GB combined photos and video storage offered to all Amazon customers. Learn more about Amazon storage limits and what happens if you exceed them here.

So not really free.

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4 hours ago, tikker said:

It's free unlimitedly for Amazon Prime members:

So not really free.

 

i don't know. i got this in the email. it does show a 5gb number at the bottom of the app, but no matter how many pictures i upload, it just stays at 0gb / 5gb.

 

let me try upload more crap and see if i can max it out.

 

 

[tikker]

4 minutes ago, Error 504 said:

 

i don't know. i got this in the email. it does show a 5gb number at the bottom of the app, but no matter how many pictures i upload, it just stays at 0gb / 5gb.

 

let me try upload more crap and see if i can max it out.

 

 

Well the email clearly mentions Prime, so it makes sense it is unlimited for now. Either you are a Prime customer already or that's included in the $15 trial it's offering you.

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12 minutes ago, tikker said:

Well the email clearly mentions Prime, so it makes sense it is unlimited for now. Either you are a Prime customer already or that's included in the $15 trial it's offering you.

i guess nothing is truly free. money's gotta come from somewhere or some sucker....

 

and that $15 credit has a deadline, by dec 30 this year, in 7 days i'll have to spend more than $30 to get that $15 discount. so...... right, nothing is free.

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15 minutes ago, Error 504 said:

i guess nothing is truly free. money's gotta come from somewhere or some sucker....

 

and that $15 credit has a deadline, by dec 30 this year, in 7 days i'll have to spend more than $30 to get that $15 discount. so...... right, nothing is free.

We don't have the saying for nothing: if something is free, you are the product.

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19 hours ago, tikker said:

We don't have the saying for nothing: if something is free, you are the product.

that is so next-level of wisdom.....

[CoolKriss]

If you read the words carefully, it says 5 GB for Video. Photos are unlimited I guess.

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13 hours ago, CoolKriss said:

If you read the words carefully, it says 5 GB for Video. Photos are unlimited I guess.

ah, good catch. that's sneaky of amazon...........

[Imbadatnames]

Remember when google drive was unlimited until you had tons of stuff on it then they swapped it to paid and gave you a small time window to either pay up or they’d delete everything?

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19 hours ago, Imbadatnames said:

Remember when google drive was unlimited until you had tons of stuff on it then they swapped it to paid and gave you a small time window to either pay up or they’d delete everything?

and that's why i still keep everything on TWO hdd's.

 

the only time i use anything cloud is when i need to see something at work, otherwise, anything for archive is on hdd