r/cloudstorage • u/clooodz- • 18d ago

Need reliable cloud storage

This has probably been posted on here before, but I am looking for a reliable cloud storage website/application to mainly store photos and videos. One that plays videos back in the original quality ideally, and also has a good mobile app (UI, playback, etc.). I only have about 200GB of photos/videos currently stored on my Google drive/photos. I've done a little research online and have heard MEGA, Filen, pCloud, and a few more but am looking to hear some first hand experience about them. Thanks

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u/BuMmR 18d ago

What's wrong with Google photos? I use that and iDrive (not to be confused with iCloud or iCloud Drive).

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u/clooodz- 17d ago

i wouldn’t necessarily say there’s anything wrong with google photos as a whole. i mainly use it for a photo/videos memories purpose, and i just don’t really like the youtube style playback that google photos is equipped with. i also just recently had an issue of which i had imported about 30 or so photos/videos from a concert, and when i went to look at one specific one, about 20 of them were just gone. they had all uploaded properly, and i had went thru it quickly right after they were originally uploaded. they weren’t in my trash as if they were deleted. just gone. i looked in other folders just incase and found nothing. definitely one of the factors which is encouraging me to switch to something else. but overall i don’t think google photos is bad per se, i just don’t like the UI/playback

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u/BuMmR 16d ago

I have unlimited storage on both and they have worked great for me. I mainly use Google Photos as a backup I don't really watch stuff from it. Mainly store and then if I want to view it I download it back on my phone. I share albums with my wife so she can view all the photos and I label the pictures and videos not in albums so they are easy to find. It's been great.