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It probably helps you're using Immich! But I would even be nervous with that configuration, because I wouldn't necessarily be sure whether something had successfully uploaded because there's no interface to really tell me so. Syncthing discourages using it for backup aka unidirectional synchronization, so your configuration isn't exactly conventional...
If I did get into advanced server management, I would probably stick to Ente, but presently they already have my money and I've found a reasonable way to back up photos not just from my device to a cloud, but from their cloud to a desktop computer - which sounds like it would result in, basically, what you have already, minus the stress of managing a second sync device, and possibly with far less battery drain
It probably helps that it's a manual process. When I ingest stuff into Immich, I make sure that everything is synced properly first. I don't have anything fancy with like ingesting and then deleting photos automatically, I definitely wouldn't trust that. Hopefully Immich declares their photo syncing stable soon and I can switch to that.