Allow users to mark specific folders on their PC as photo folders, so any images in them are automatically synced to Proton Drive as part of their photo library, not as regular files.

It is strange to me that this isn't the default. I would rather have photos treated as regular files and synced in a folder than to have a separate system for them.

Very important, just sub-"critical" for me. I'd guess Windows has something weird making it harder than it sounds, so maybe if Photos could look like a virtual "folder" or "drive" within or alongside the regular Proton Drive in Windows Explorer?

Edit: updating to "critical" because it's driving me crazy. Also would clarify syncing should be bidirectional (or can be made thus in settings) so if a photo is deleted in Windows it is deleted online.

As a user, if I'm going to download a program, I expect that program to be as good (if not better) than equivalent functionality when logging into a web page. It's great and all that I can backup files from my computer, but I would really like to be able to view and manage my pictures on my phone without having to open up a webpage as well!

On joining Proton I had assumed that all my cloud files would also be visible from within my Windows desktop file explorer - including Photos. I cannot understand why that functionality is not available, not even as an option.

This is absolutely critical and in my mind, since there's already an "Other computers" folder, there could easily also be a "Photos" folder. Please add it to your tasks!

useful function
implemented hopefully soon

After one and half a year still no comment from the developers nor an ETA?!?
I am a little disappointed

It's kind of critical to have this in my opinion.

A first version to have it just appear in your Proton Drive as a seperate "Photos" next to "My files" for example, would already be an improvement, there needs to be some way to access your Photos in the Desktop app.

CRITICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was really excited to switch to Proton Mail and Proton Drive. But the lack of image sync between phone and desktop ended up being a deal breaker. I’ve used this feature with other services for over a decade.

The separation into “My Files,” “Photos,” and “Backup” is both complicated and rigid — it should be the opposite: simple and flexible. These are all just files with different sync settings. Creating artificial divisions only makes something basic unnecessarily frustrating.

If there is an ETA before july I will cancel my dropbox subscription and switch to proton drive. Otherwise I will wait another year for a paid subscription for proton drive due to a renewed dropbox year license.

This is critical, there has been so much demand for it, at least please provide us with an ETA!

I enthusiastically bought the family with the hope of ditching google photos but the lack of this feature makes me regret my move, I would probably cancel my subscription should it not be implemented by the time the next renewal comes around.

I was really disappointed when I found, that I cannot see my photos on my desktop...

Why isn't it possible to add photos via the Desktop App or folder sync?
Why are phots treated differently from other files?

why isnt that a feature

While I don't care to have this feature as a means of syncing photos that are from my PC, I would like to use it as a means of having my photos from my phone not only back up to the cloud but then download and sync as an extra backup to my PC without needing to manually manage things separately.

Would be cool to actually see my files, scrolling thousands of photographs in the web interface is untenable.

Seriously that this is not implemented yet?

I did not realize myself that this crucial feature is lacking from Proton Drive. I am however optimistic that it will be fixed in the near future given the amount of votes it gets.