storageiscool

I was quite impressed by Immich’s ML and search features. They generate embeddings from your pictures and search works across them so you can do things like search for objects in the picture.

It also has map+time features. I’d give it a try if you haven’t already. It’s under active development atm

Ownership of data and monthly recurring costs.

You’re right about the offsite backup. I follow the 3-2-1 backup strategy and upload to AWS Glacier cold storage as my offsite. It’s cheap and I can switch/turn it off if costs change. My NAS remains as the hot storage.