Private cloud photo backup app using reverse-engineered sync flows

How this is still f*cking legal... I paid Apple $199 last year just to have somewhere to keep my photos and videos so I just reverse-engineered iCloud / Google Photos with Opus 5.5 from one prompt and made it public for free here's full guide step by step: you need: a Mac or Windows PC + Claude Code, the bigger your disk - the more photos and video it keeps step 1 → paste prompt below into Claude Code Opus 5.5 step 2 → it checks your disk, you say "yes" once, it installs Immich (open-source Google Photos) + Tailscale (private tunnel to your phone) step 3 → iCloud: it downloads your originals the way iCloud. com does, your password goes only into your disk step 4 → Google Photos: one script in your own tab saves your library to your disk ( that's reverse-engineering: Apple and Google have no public API for your library, so it sends the same private requests their websites send ) step 5 → it checks every file against Apple's or Google's list: N of N, nothing in your cloud step 6 → scan 2 QR codes on your phone, new photos back up to your computer then make a second copy on an external drive and cancel your storage plan yourself Try this today please. Then read article on how to save money on any other app:

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