So I've recently been more aggressive in backing up my massive video
disc collection on G Photos, both for the unlimited free uncompressed
storage I got as a perk of buying a Pixel 1, and also because I read
that the Pixel 2, which also has/had that perk is removing support
after 3 years. Now that doesn't say anything about the Pixel 1, but I
wouldn't put it past G to suddenly reneg on the silent contract that
made me spend more money on a phone than I have on my most expensive
laptop: I get free unlimited storage on Photos for my pics/vids.

G already offers free unlimited storage, but it's compressed
"high-quality" resolution, which is a no-go for me because I back up
the discs as MP4s with subtitle and alternate audio tracks which are
lost in the compression process. It's also a pain in the behind to do
it all through a 32GB Pixel via the Photos app, but it's not too bad.
Considering I have over 400 movies and 10s of series, I've been at
this for a long time. It also doesn't help that I change my systematic
nomenclature often for organization.

Anyways, I know several on Gopher are de-G-ing themselves, but that's
just not a real option for me. I'm not totally dependent (I do have
plenty of physical storage, but considering a huge reason why I'm
still ripping and converting (DVD Decrypter/MakeMKV + Handbrake) is
because my HDs decided to power off at the wrong time and the data
table was lost, I'm not going to let that happen again. Yeah, HD bays
aren't exactly great when it comes to redundant backup.

Anyway, I'm still keeping busy personally with that. I've done a ton
of backups and the collection, when completely processed, is around 2
TB, it's going to be a while. I even have a CSV text file to keep
track of what all I've done. Basically it's a massive undertaking and
probably won't be too useful, but at least it's something to do and
makes me feel like I'm doing something constructive other than just
staring at a computer screen.