Google Photos & Drive Sync Disconnect

[Mr MnmlEngr]

Read this article this morning about the official disconnect between Google Photos and Drive in terms of syncing photos. Today's the day!

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I actually welcome the change. As someone who generates papers and reports that have images in them (that I'd then save to Drive), I hated when those images showed up in Google Photos. I also used to organize my photos before Google Photos came out, and saved them in Drive as well. So when I adopted Photos, I had a ton of duplicates.
Now, I have my photos backed up in Photos, and my files and non-image media saved in Drive and have no overlap. Again, this is a specific use case, but I thought I couldn't be the only one happy with this change. Especially since Google's been saying this move is based on user feedback.

Thoughts?

 

[SpookDroid]

Except the integration was always optional. So for those, like you, who didn't like it, you could always flip the switch off on Photos and done. Now, for those who did like it, there is no longer an option for that.

I just want them to remove the now-enforced document history when you open Drive. This, too, used to be a switchable option, and now it's always there.