Over the past 10 years, Google Photos has become deeply embedded in my life: I’ve got thousands of photos across dozens of albums, many of which I share with friends and family.

One of my favorite things about the service has been how easy it is to quickly make simple edits that’ll automatically apply across all my devices, a feature that’s made Photos a useful tool for me as a hobbyist photographer. Recent updates have brought some flashy new features to Google’s cloud photo service — but they’ve also made it a little less fit for my purposes.

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