[com2kid]

This new API is so bad that it is breaking Google photo albums on Android TVs!

No one wants to manually add each photo to a slideshow. Google Photos has AI that automatically makes themed albums, it works great. I point my TV at my family photos, new pictures of my family are automatically added as I take them, and then shown on my TV. That is how it is supposed to work.

This new locked down API places all the security burden on the user, and a large % of users are not going to be able to figure out the new system, and the new system is so complicated that many products are just going to give up on working altogether.

The new system, even if well intentioned, should not be rolled out, it is a huge net loss for users.

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Is it a huge net loss for Google though?

[com2kid]

I'm paying for their photo service. If their photo service gets dumbed down to become a simple file store, it makes it easier for me to migrate to a different photo storage service.

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Their internet services are just a hobby. Their money comes from advertising. You're not a customer, you're livestock for the marketers. Me too, come to that.