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[quote=Anonymous]Doesn't Google recompress uploaded photos?  That would be a good reason not to use them (the process effectively throws away information), or at least not rely on them.  I wouldn't trust any cloud service as primary storage for such things, but they work well enough as backups.

[quote] The photos are stored digitally in many places, so I have thrown almost all of the original photos away[/quote]

Throwing away originals was a mistake.  Over time, scanners will improve (but you will have nothing to re-scan), and, if something happens to you, others in your family may not know or care enough to maintain the electronic files.  Also, original photographs often contain important metadata (even just the photofinisher's stamps, sometimes), that can help to date the picture or provide important information about the location where they were taken.  Think of the people who had home movies transferred to VHS in the 1980s and threw away the film.  If they hadn't done that, they could have beautiful HD transfers made now (or just project the originals on a large screen). [/quote]

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