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by tannhaeuser 3191 days ago
Because your data is being held hostage by the service provider. No more grandmas showing photo albums to their grandchildren when Facebook is long gone 30 years from now :'(
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Well, you can easily do this with a native app that relies on content from your servers (e.g. dropbox).
But with dropbox and/or alternatives you can always access raw files via the/a file browser. With Fb, OTOH, there was a story some time ago where you only could download photos in downscaled resolutions, or where downloading native resolution files was hidden in obscure option menus.