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I really love your comment

Tests and diagnoses are pieces of information that add to a holistic understanding of a person. More information is always preferred. It allows you to frame your thinking more effectively. If possible for you, I would definitely go ahead.

I'm using the apps: both Drive and Photos, at least. Works very well for me. For backup, I do a physical backup daily to an attached external hard drive, and weekly to a remote cloud option

It might not solve all your needs, or your use case specifically, but I've got myself a Synology NAS and that has been a solid alternative to Google Photos for me.

Spot on. And as a result I have moved as much as possible away from Google myself. Email, Drive, Photos, Search etc. I'm happy

Definitely overthinking. It's a total non-event.

They're worth a lot if you're laundering money

What do you mean? You didnt go out and spend all your money on reproducable jpegs? Whats wrong with you?

Feels like a stretch. Elaborate?

Support is important, but being a PC, you can get that from 3rd party solutions like ChimeraOS

Mostly I'm just enjoying all the competition in this sector - it's good for consumers

I came across this insane opinion piece the other day: https://www.laptopmag.com/features/mind-eurown-business-for-the-sake-of-the-iphone-apple-needs-to-fight-back

It's so surreal, it feels satirical