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Re:When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed ... by theu on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:22PM (#36688927)
Those tabs are new as of a few months ago.

Here's a screenshot [1] showing how the permissions prompt originally blocked you from navigating to the other tabs, and some additional reports of the issue [2] [3]. What's worse is that very old versions of the app worked fine in view-only mode without these invasive permissions demands, but then Google decided to update the app to be completely useless unless you surrendered all your photos.

I'm surprised Apple allowed the app on their store for over a year, with what appeared to be a clear violation of their policies.

[1] https://imgur.com/a/l2sErQQ

[2] https://support.google.com/photos/thread/1939628/use-ios-goo...

[3] https://old.reddit.com/r/googlephotos/comments/rhoyb1/google...

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Re:When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed ... by josephcsible on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:29PM (#36688973)
This shouldn't have even been possible. iOS should have never given apps a way to tell whether they've been denied permissions to any photos. From their perspective, it should just look like you don't have any photos if you deny them all.
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