Google Photos users report 'depressing' corruption issue on older images

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Google Photos users report 'depressing' corruption issue on older images
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Do your old Google Photos look a little... strange?

“These are pictures I know for a fact were uploaded and saved properly,” one user wrote. “There is seemingly no pattern to which photos are corrupted and which aren't.”

um wtf i found a bunch of data corruption in my old google photos from 2015??? dozens of photos with weird banding and noise pic.twitter.com/r7BOHwySQCLuckily, it seems as though the corruption issue only applies to edited versions of photos. Users selecting the ‘download original’ option have reported seeing uncorrupted results, while the discoloration also appears to remove itself when entering edit mode.

The frequency of complaints in the aforementioned support forum has reduced in recent hours, too, suggesting Google may have already begun rolling out a fix. We’ve reached out to the company for confirmation. Still, even if your photos haven’t been affected by the bug, we’d recommend downloading copies of older files to mitigate the risk of any unwanted corruption in the future. its “biggest update since launch”, which brought about improved customization options, easier content sharing and a functional redesign. Google has yet to reply to the complaints from the end users and several questions will need to be clarified.

Can these changes be reverted or have the original copies been archived ? Why is Google so intent on saving storage space? Is it part of a bigger drive to cut costs as we saw when Google ended its popular

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