Why hackers moved from Google Photos to OneDrive
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I actually switched from using Google Photos to OneDrive because the latter keeps photos as files on my system and I can view them normally in explorer rather than…”read full quote
“I actually switched from using Google Photos to OneDrive because the latter keeps photos as files on my system and I can view them normally in explorer rather than forcing a bespoke cloud service.”
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Google Photos vs OneDrive
| Google Photos | OneDrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 1 | 1 |
| Hackers who criticize | 2 | 0 |
| Moved away from it | 1 | 0 |
| Moved to it | 0 | 1 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Google Photos
“The closest thing would be the Google Photos pestering to back up to cloud, things like that.”animuchan, 2026-09-22original comment ↗
Praise for OneDrive
No further praise for OneDrive captured yet.