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>>Over many years I meticulously collect all photos that my wife and I took during vacations, holidays, family events, etc. I store all these photos on my computer. Of course I backup the drive. But for now only I have access to these photos. And since my doctor told me a shocking news that I will not live forever, I want to copy/place these files in the cloud. The purpose is so that the kids can see them, any time they want to (the kids are adults and don't live at home). Even now, we just came back from a Euro vacation and I copied tons of photos from my iPhone to my computer. But why not let kids see them now, if they want to.
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>>So I want to create/establish a folder in the cloud for the entire family so that they would be able to log in and see whatever they want to see. Then I will stop worrying about how to transfer the files to them in about 100 years, when I am gone.
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>>I thought about dropbox but it seems to be expensive. About $100 a year for the size I would need. Right now my "pictures" folder has about 60 GB of files.
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>>What other options would you suggest? I don't mind paying, reasonably. And I would like some security so that our personal life does not become a target of some creep.
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>>TIA for any suggestions.
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>Whatever you do make sure you don't have files in only one location, whether in the cloud or locally.
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>Another older category of solutions is file sync and share. For business use it's called Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS). With some of those there's no persistent cloud storage (so you don't pay for that). Instead you have a designated shared folder at each end. Either end can put files there and they'll automagically appear on the other end.
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>I don't use the Dropbox app but I understand it does something similar except with cloud folders (?)

Yes, dropbox works similar. I used to have this feature enabled (automatic sharing) on old computer. But I didn't enable it on the new computer because I was concerned that it was taking resources that could be used by other applications.
For me automatic sharing is not that important (for this particular need of sharing photos).
As far as having the files in two locations, you are right. I will continue having the files on my computer but also in the cloud (whichever one I choose)