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Comment by lapcat

4 days ago

> just tell people they need a better phone for that feature if it’s too slow. Or do it on their Mac if they own one while that is plugged in.

The issue isn't slowness. Uploading photo library data/metadata is likely always slower than on-device processing. Apparently the issue in this case is that the world locations database is too large to be stored locally.

>> Apparently the issue in this case is that the world locations database is too large to be stored locally.

What kind of capacity can ROM chips have these days? And at what cost?