re: icloud photo sharing

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are you saying you have to have an app on your computer to do this? dont you have to log into the app the same way as logging into google on a browser?

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Yes, the Photos app on my phone, tablet, and computer is all linked through iCloud. I simply open the app and the photos are all there in the same organized fashion.

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with an apple app you're very limited to when/how you can actually view the photos and you certainly can't get to them on a friend's computer unless you log them out of the app first.

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False, I can log into iCloud from any browser just like you log into Google and access them on a friend's computer.

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you can't argue there is a better way to share video with friends/family than google automatically syncing your phone's videos *IN HD* to youtube so all you need to do is make like 2 clicks & 'copy' to get a shareable youtube url for anyone you want.

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Perhaps, but I can send a direct link using the app to the video in iCloud. I haven't done this with a video, so I can't comment on how they open it. If I want to link it to YouTube, I just click a button in the app to upload it to my YouTube account.

Can you edit photos in Google Photos, or do you have to download them to third party software? Once you download them, do you have to reupload them? For moderate photo editing, I can do this all within Photos on my computer or even phone.

It sounds like there are a lot of comparable features. The biggest knock is that I'm paying about $3 a month of 200 GB of space.