Comment by j45

It's a complete violation if it's a new or changed setting from the default state of the user not having it possible.

Something to consider - location is geo-encoded already into photos and doesn't need this uploaded to Apple servers. Searching can be done locally on device for location.

Apple goes as far as to offer a setting to allow the user to share photos and remove the geocoding from it.

Offering a new feature is opt-in.

Unfortunately, against my better wishes, this only erodes trust and confidence in Apple that if this is happening visibly, what could be happening that is unknown.