Pain point · Mobile · Causes churn
Photo backup is not reliable enough for backups
2 source threads · first seen 2019-05 · last seen 2025-12
Summary
Automatic photo backup works mostly but not always, which is not acceptable for backups, and the user is tempted to try Immich.
- Affects
- people backing up phone photos
- Switched to or considered
- Immich
Evidence
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“it turns out it doesn't work reliably. It works most of the time, but for backing up photos it's not enough”
“Android app refuses to auto-upload pictures and videos and says the server is in maintenance-mode”