>>4273289It's the standard nowadays, but fairly common even a decade ago. Depends on the film too, my local lab only ever did c-41 35mm in-house, and everything else was sent out, but the scan & email to store for local printing is more recent.
>>4273292I'm stuck with the opposite problem, countless boxes of all kinds of negs, and even some small glass plates. I got all the photos from one side of the family (all dead), and then other side designated me the family archivist too. Annoying part is there's no one to ask about who's in the photos.