For exactly this reason I never trust online photo storage for anything other that disaster recovery. Google Photos still, after nearly two decades, won't tell you if they're storing an original copy or compressed facsimile of your photos. And after having the Android App randomly and surreptitiously turn on compression for uploads, there is simply no trust left.

So. SyncThing on my phone and laptop, and an a little herd of external drives. It makes me feel like a digital prepper or something. Sigh.

Actually. I think I have just self identified as a digital prepper and I like it. Time to download my Google content.