# Can this replace Google Photos/Google Drive?
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/can-this-replace-google-photos-google-drive/16438
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/can-this-replace-google-photos-google-drive/16438 "2021-03-03T19:28:46Z")
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### Author:  [@weltall900](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/weltall900)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/can-this-replace-google-photos-google-drive/16438/1 "2021-03-03T19:28:46Z")
HI there,
Here’s my use-case, let me know if your software does something like this? I’m looking to replace my Google Photos. I have 500gb of photos/videos on my Windows 10 PC. My Windows 10 PC is always on and connected to the internet. I want to be able to view and share (links) to these photo/video files on my PC from other PCs and from my Android phone. I already have a file sync thing set up so when I take a picture on my phone, it gets automatically sent to my PC.
What I don’t want is all 500gb on my PC being sent back to my Android phone and to any other laptop/PC that I’m accessing. I don’t have 500gb storage on my phone. I’d like to be able to just view photos/videos on demand or thumbnails, much like Google Photos/Google Drive hosts it in the cloud. I’d like to use a folder on my always-on PC as a cloud folder in much the same way… Does your software do something like this?
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### Author:  [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/can-this-replace-google-photos-google-drive/16438/2 "2021-03-03T23:28:27Z")
No, it syncs files, all files, hence needs all the space that the files take. It’s not some sort of remote access/download on demand type of thing.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/can-this-replace-google-photos-google-drive/16438/3 "2021-04-02T23:29:03Z")
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