Does anyone know of a digital picture frame product that is good, but doesn’t completely rely on some proprietary service? I’d prefer not to get something as a gift and then in a few years it completely stop working because the company that produced it no longer supports it.

  • nieceandtows@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    I know you said no proprietary, but frameo is a digital frame app/service that is leveraged by various manufacturers. I recently gifted my parents some no name picture frames that use frameo, and they’re extremely happy with them. I can add pictures from anywhere in the world, and multiple people can be added as contributors. It cost me around $50

    Forc Digital Picture Frame WiFi 10.1 Inch Digital Photo Frame, Electronic Picture Frame, 16GB Storage, Auto-Rotate, IPS Touch Screen, Easy Setup and Share Photos and Videos via Free App from Anywhere https://a.co/d/9LJYELQ

    This is the one I bought. Searching for frameo on Amazon will show a wide variety.

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      9 months ago

      This brings up a good point. I think as long as I can default to using the SD card storage in case whatever service stops working it should be fine. Anything with an SD card slot like this one should work.

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        8 months ago

        You can! We sell them and that is one of the selling points well tell people who don’t want to use the service.