In reply to@jayhenks:matrix.org huh, but loupe does not really do the same as photos. Instead of showing all your photos in a nice grid you just have to click through them all
It was updated because of GTK4, an aging codebase, GPU acceleration etc
Outlined here:
https://blogs.gnome.org/sophieh/2023/08/30/viewing-images-in-gnome-loupe-and-glycin/
and https://apps.gnome.org/Loupe/