{"id":295980,"date":"2021-01-12T14:20:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T19:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=295980"},"modified":"2021-01-12T14:32:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T19:32:50","slug":"decentralize-your-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/12\/decentralize-your-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Decentralize Your Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Currently reading “Blockchain 2035<\/a>” (co-written by Jared Tate, founder of Digibyte [DGB]– which I own). One of the concepts thrown around a lot is “decentralization”. Beyond just this anarchist-hippie libertarian utopist perspective, the general notion of decentralization is good. For example, best to *not* have all your photos stored only on Instagram. What if your account gets deleted, blocked etc? Then you’re fucked. Same goes with trusting everything to Facebook, Twitter, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Your photos want to be free<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve always had a passion for open source<\/a>, ever since I was a scrappy and poor kid. Even now, I prefer things which are open and free — including my photos. I’ve always had a disdain for DRM (locked digital rights management) which makes your life a pain in the ass. I also don’t like Adobes new subscription service — if for some reason you get kicked out of your sign-in ID, and forget your password, you can’t even access your Lightroom catalogue. This is one of the big reasons I’m shifting to just using the default Apple Photos app, and also backing up my photos as JPEG images to Dropbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n