Has anyone done it?

yes, many of us do

lol, what a poor attempt at an insult

if you use the search the latest thread is from a few months ago

just type “podcast” into the search box, press enter on the keyboard

use the first four words from your title as search terms in the search field and you’ll get plenty of threads

But also I’m afraid about cloud because I’ve seen some posts about people getting their google accounts closed without notice

thats why you dont backup important data with google, apple, microsoft, etc. even paid accounts aren’t safe with these companies and it’s very difficult to talk with a real person if you need help. you use a company whose sole purpose is for backups. i use backblaze

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/search?q=google+photos&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on&sort=relevance&t=all