When I was looking to replace my google tools, I couldn't find an easy to to alternative Google Photos. Things that were suggested like immich or Synology or ente required some level of technical know how or dedicated hardware. I ended up buying a Synology drive but I have issues with loading images/videos (it's extremely slow).
Today I stumbled upon https://stingle.org/
I haven't used it yet, but it looks like it might be a good option for anyone wanting to degooglify, but without all the extra fuffing around.
It also has a F-Droid distro!
Pricing starts at 1gb for free or 100gb for three bucks
If anyone get's a chance, let me know if it's really that good.
Ente is another option that I have been using for almost 2 years now. It's end-to-end encrypted and open source with an app on F-Droid. There have been a lot of updates over the last year that have significantly improved the experience using the app.
I tried to get the self host option stood up but couldn't get it to work. The company is new enough that I'm not comfortable letting them host it at the moment. So I'm running Immich and it's been great.
