Proton can say how serious they are about people leaving Google all they want, but if they aren't going to release an actual Google Photos alternative, then all they're doing is keeping people on Googles infrastructure and in many cases keeping them from switching to Proton's.

It's a complete joke that there is no "Proton Photos" app. This should be priority No. 1. Proton Drive is NOT a suitable alternative. It's not even a reasonable option.

USER STORY: As a Proton Visonary user, I'd like to have a Photos App (similar to Google Photos) that houses all of our photos (with the option to turn off metadata filtering/searching) so that we can manage our library of photos (to tag by face, location, or other metadata).

..or at least make it easier to view photos on a shared Proton Drive link, instead of having to click the 3 dots and then chose preview.

I would very much like this as I've freed myself from Google Photos but still tend to have to go to where they are stored on my SDcard to see everything.

Top CRITICAL, This is was keep me stucked in the Google world.
But removing meta data is an absolutely terrible Idea, metadata is a "Must have" to keep for me.

Yes, maybe you can switch metadata on and off

It would be useful to have an application for Windows, because every time I go to the site and download photos to my Windows disk!

Absolutely critical! Using Proton Drive for photos is absolutely terrible without having to scroll through thousands of photos and mind you the terrible latency of loading thumbnails.

This would be cool, but there are other apps which do effectively the same thing. GrapheneOS comes with their own privacy respecting gallery app and there are a handful on the F-Droid store.

Came here to vote for a Proton Photos app. Though I think removing meta data should be an option. Just looking for an alternative to mainstream options that I could bundle with my existing Proton subscription. I'm currently testing Ente but a Proton Photos app would be lovely.

You have to think this through. If you remove meta data, then you can't organize or search by: date, location, device, etc.

Please acquire Ente

For inspiration or a partnership, look into Ente Photos

I think it should use metadata to organize the photos, but then give an option to remove it when you share a media file

you have a photos/videos tab in the drive app which automatically uploads all photos taken from your phone. removing metadata is not possible yet though

This would be a very nice to have. But we should be capable of buying more storage regardless what tier you are on now..

I would love this. I could use a decent photos app that actually respects my privacy. SimpleMobileTools had a proprietary version with more features, but that was acquired and Fossify Gallery just isn't at the same feature parity.