If you upload your photos to Google's cloud, and do so as your sole means of backup, you shouldn't...and this is why. There WILL come a day where Google (or any cloud provider) will close their cloud, and your images will go with it.
Consider self-hosting at home or on a VPS with @nextcloud or something similar.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/18/23765096/google-album-archive-is-going-away-on-july-19th-2023
Now that is spooky, I was only yesterday, chatting to one of the parents at code club about the issue she has with her google phone, lots of photos but no easy way to get them off the phone and just as here I suggested nextcloud as a solution.
I have sent her a link to disroot. but the fact this advice pops up is a great coincidence.
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