u/0ataraxia

Ever since Google photos stopped allowing unlimited photo upload, I essentially go through every photograph that I don't plan on making a large print from and saving only a screenshot of that photo. Then I go back and edit the metadata so that the date and time are correct. Obviously this is labor intensive and takes some of the joy out of something I once enjoyed greatly, knowing what task lies ahead with every photo I want to keep. Besides the obvious storage saver setting, has anyone else found any little workarounds or ways to automate such a process? I'm also aware that one can have multiple Google accounts to store photos.