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Google photos on ios is literally a hostage situation. Remove key functionalities like copying an image or editing an image unless you give them full unrestricted access to your entire photo library. (The holy grail of surveillance capitalism data). Data extortion masquerading as a service.

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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (22 children)

Similar situation with WhatsApp on Android: you can't share images or videos without giving the app full access to your entire filesystem. You also can't video or voice call without giving the app full phone permissions.

Other apps happily let you do all of those things. You can just Share an image from some other app. But nope, WhatsApp just refuses.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But if you care about any of that, why the fuck would you use WhatsApp!

[–] jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Because everyone uses whatsapp. For most there isn't really an option of not using whatsapp. Though more and more people are switching to signal nowadays, which is good to see.

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