I want to quit Google Photos, but these features make it difficult

I’ve never really forgiven Google for the bait-and-switch it pulled when ending unlimited Google Photos storage and forcing many of us to subscribe to Google One after becoming reliant on the app under its previous promises.

But years later, it’s the fact that there’s no option to opt out of AI model training that has made me even more frustrated. Not only does this encroach on the privacy of our data, but we’re essentially paying to have our images and videos used…