Immich: Your Photos, Your Server, Your Rules

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:18:00 +0000

There comes a moment when everyone stops and thinks about where their photos are. It usually happens when Google sends that friendly email letting you know your free storage is full — and that for just a few dollars a month you can keep storing your memories on their servers. It is a gentle nudge toward a monthly subscription that, added up over years, costs more than a multi-terabyte external hard drive. But the monetary price is only the most obvious part of the equation. There is a more subtle cost to leaving all your photos, videos, and personal memories in the hands of a company that profits from data — and it is worth talking about that cost before discussing any tool.

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Immich: Your Photos, Your Server, Your Rules