Comment by diggan
1 year ago
> I don’t understand why apps need access to my photos at all. [...] There’s no need for apps to access the entire camera roll
So apps like Google Photos or other alternatives to the Apple made Photos app just shouldn't exist at all, if I understand you correctly?
Did the parent edit their comment? Because your response seems to directly ignore multiple things they said.
Right now the comment says the same as when I wrote my comment:
> I don’t understand why apps need access to my photos at all [...] There’s no need for apps to access the entire camera roll [...] The only apps that need full access to my camera roll, are apps like Google Photos, Nextcloud or Immich
Which still make me ask the question: They think no apps should access all photos, there is never any need for that, and these app currently do that and they need that, so are they saying those apps shouldn't exist at all?
They literally say
“The only apps that need full access to my camera roll, are apps like Google Photos”
Obviously they don’t think the apps shouldn’t exist.
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Google photos stores your photos in the cloud or constantly tries to force you to backup everything to the cloud.
So no it doesn't need permission to manage your local photos. Upload to Google and manage the photos on the cloud if you trust Google while increasing privacy for everyone else.