Hi HN,
We started building Ente in 2020 as an end-to-end encrypted[1] alternative to Google Photos.
We've come a long way since then,
- deploying on-device machine learning[2]
- undergoing a cryptography audit[3]
- open sourcing everything[4]
- replicating to 3 clouds[5]
- and shipping a lot of features[6]
We're trying to build a business that can outlive us, so we have a long way to go – this is only v1.0.
HN has been historically kind with feedback[7][8], a lot of which has influenced our culture in engineering, product, and marketing.
If you've any thoughts on what we could do better, please do share.
Thank you!
[1]: https://ente.io/architecture
[2]: https://ente.io/ml
[3]: https://ente.io/blog/cryptography-audit
[4]: https://ente.io/blog/open-sourcing-our-server
[5]: https://ente.io/reliability
[6]: https://ente.io
The iOS app looks great! I like that you also have a Linux app. Going to evaluate Ente over the next week by using it on those 2 platforms.
The pricing seems very reasonable as well and the free tier is good enough for me to give this a serious try.