[Jabbles]

Isn't _the_ benefit of Google Photos (over any other storage service) the ability to search your photos for keywords e.g. "mountain"?

[jmathai]

Yes. That's why I use Google Photos.

By separate from Google Photos (because I don't know if I'll use it forever) I have all my photos automatically organized into a customized folder structure with consistent file names.

Both the ability to search/experience my photos and preserve them are important to me. I rely on Google Photos for the former.

Consider this my PRD :) -- https://medium.com/vantage/understanding-my-need-for-an-auto...

[Angostura]

Actually, Apple Photos is getting pretty good at this now

[skinnymuch]

Do you prefer it over Google Photos?

[Angostura]

I do, but that's largely because I'm fully embedded in the Apple ecosystem so haven't really evaluated the Google approach properly.