Comment by nozzlegear
15 hours ago
How does selecting or uploading photos work on iOS if you don't have any in Apple Photos? Not all apps let you choose to upload from the files app where you can select the provider, e.g. uploading an image to Facebook in Safari always opens the picker for Apple Photos.
Edit: wait I'm dumb, I just checked mobile Facebook and the upload button shows a pop up with choices for "Photo Library", "Take a Photo", or "Files".
Additionally, there‘s a difference between Apple Photos the app and Apple Photos the system component (in lack of a better name, maybe someone knows the correct one). Even if you uninstall Apple Photos the app, iOS still retains its basic functionality, for example when viewing photos in the Camera app. The folders where photos are stored don’t change. You just use a different app to view and sync them.