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		Gigachad on June 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Google Takeout is sooo bad They also mangle live photos for some reason. When you export them, they become two files, one the photo, and one the 3 second video part.

zer0zzz on June 17, 2024 [–]

yeah, seriously. I am remembering that bit too. How horrible.

This, and the fact that Google Photo's web UI is a poor alternative to a good native photo manager is probably a large part of why I pretty much don't really bother with Google's ecosystem of apps and devices at all anymore.

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