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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, all gallery apps show the same on-device photos, the difference is where they backup/upload them, which is the part important to privacy.

Apple iCloud having the E2E encryption feature is definitely an advantage over Google Photos. All I'm saying is that neither really have much to do with the OS. Google Photos isn't even a preinstalled app on most Android phones, just one of many options you could install, same as on iOS.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but if you disable the iCloud upload for the photos app they are all on-device

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Same goes for any other app, including Google Photos

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but that wasnโ€™t the point was it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That's what I'm saying

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except google photos will nag you every few days to enable cloud sync if it's disabled when you open the app and uses dark patterns to nudge towards accepting. I doubt iOS does that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

So don't install it, use a better app. It's just some app, not part of the system like iCloud on iOS.