Facebook unveils photo transfer tool, letting users transfer their photos and videos directly to other services starting with Google Photos, in Ireland
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Facebook got huge because it was the most convenient place to store our photos for free back when smartphones had almost no storage. This makes it much easier to quit FB for good. https://twitter.com/... @fb_engineering : Today in Ireland, we are rolling out a new tool that allows people to transfer photos and videos directly from Facebook to Google Photos. This tool will be available worldwide in early 2020 and we plan to expand this to other services soon. https://engineering.fb.com/... Drew Olanoff / @yoda : every shift from facebook over the next year or two will be to counteract and head off any potential monopoly claims/lawsuits/investigations https://twitter.com/... Rob Price / @robaeprice : Facebook has built a tool to let users import their Facebook photos into Google Photos (and unspecified “other services” in future). https://about.fb.com/... @fb_engineering : This morning in Ireland, we began rolling out a new tool that allows people to transfer photos directly from Facebook to Google Photos. This tool will be available worldwide in early 2020 and we plan to expand this to other services soon. https://engineering.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/... Chris Messina / @chrismessina : Facebook finally got #DataPortability religion? “We believe the #DataTransferProject shows that industry-led solutions can help make data portability a reality. We also believe that people should be able to move their data from one service to another.” https://engineering.fb.com/... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : data portability is an industry-preferred solution to antitrust concerns. but it's only effective if there are places to which people can port that data in the first place. is it enough for critics if the only options users have involve porting data from one big to another? https://twitter.com/... Melissa Heikkil / @melissahei : Facebook and Google team up to launch a data portability tool. Irish users will be the first to be able to transfer their photos to Google photo. https://www.politico.eu/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Facebook's photo transfer is a good start, but we need social graph portability. Let us switch living rooms, not just closets https://twitter.com/... @noplaymusic : So all the pics you don't even know you're in can be alllllll over the internet instead of someone's friends only fb album... just in time for the election!! https://twitter.com/... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : NEW! Facebook launches photo and video data transfer tool You will soon be able to transfer all you Facebook photos and videos to Google Photos (and other services to follow) Launching in Ireland first. Will be made available globally early in 2020. https://about.fb.com/...