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The first thing anyone should do when buying a smartphone is disabling/uninstalling the trash on it, including (especially) Google stuff.
There are tons of better Gallery applications out there.
I actually found the Photos app quite comprehensive. It stores all pictures, groups faces, and allows for searching on keywords (such as 'plane'). Is there another free app that does this?
You have to self-host it but Immich is basically a 1-1 clone of Google Photos, including AI facial and object detection. It's incredible.
Awesome! I will try it this weekend
iCloud?
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Thanks everyone, managed to get the backup switched off. So I'm now totally turned off the photos app so what other gallery apps do people recommend?
There's a wonderful app just called Gallery on F Droid with beautiful design.
I use this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro
Edit: why downvotes lol?
Immich is my preferred one. You have to self-host but it's stupid easy with something like CasaOS.
Otherwise Fossify Gallery is fine.
Use another gallery app. I forgot to turn it off on my S21 and just disabled it and ignored the random emails and notifications it will send.
Yes, it can be turned off.
It's very unintuitive but the easiest way to manage Google Cloud storage is with Google One.
One.google.com