Yes, there are a couple import tools for Google Takeout, and you should absolutely use one. I don’t recall if I used this particular tool, but it is strictly necessary to get a clean import.

Other examples:

Google Photos Takeout Helper - Readme includes detailed step by step instructions.

Takeout Helper Neo - a fork of the above with additional features

Photo Migrator - designed to work with multiple services

I actually thought that was the legit name for a second

This is a severe underreaction. OP should be locked up safely away from society.

Sure, this small and mid-size services are just fine for backing up your data, and should surely be used as such. But using “cloud services” is nonsense. Too bad it has such good marketing.

I’m increasingly convinced that “The Cloud” is just a scam. Just keep your own files.

Just waiting for that 2040s ironic nostalgia wave to drive up the price again lol

The dash at the end implying that there is also a secret fourth thing is just 🧑‍🍳🤌

The word Soccer comes from England, too. It’s a Britishized version of “association football” with a typical R appended.

Yes, exactly. Several photo gallery apps do this.

That sounds expensive. Have you considered taking up smoking to save money? /s

Once the technology exists, we need clanker laws.

Make it illegal to generate ML output without a positive watermark.

That’s a 5 from me

Projectivity is another great option, especially if you want a few more options without anything you don’t want.

I. Am. So. Ready.

Even the font got skinnier!

These things are notoriously difficult to measure accurately, but this is from Statistica Statista, which has a reputation for pretty good metrics. At the very least, one would expect their metrics to be comparable across the analysis, if not necessarily a perfect measure of absolute numbers.

Edit: thanks for catching the typo.

Why do either?

Wikipedia is suspect now too. They’ve sold the site to AI search. Hard to say that they had much of a choice, but the sure did it swiftly and gleefully.