Here’s what the marketing pages don’t say.
Cloud giants use user images to improve facial recognition and product suggestions.
Objects and locations in your photos are scanned to build ad profiles.
Your memories are stored overseas, subject to foreign laws and subpoenas.
Those “cheap” plans quietly rise each year—and you’re locked in.
Deleting online often means hiding; residual copies may persist in backups.
Centralised systems are juicy targets for hackers and state actors.