[tjoff]

That is a very useful feature to have though - for personal use. As a privacy nut I always make sure it is turned on.

Then again, I don't use facebook and I do strip exif if I want to upload a photo somewhere I don't want to share my location. (and I can do this with termux and the same tool I'd use this on my PC, just run exiftool -all= foo.jpg)

I get that it is not a sensible solution for the average user. But the problem is not exif-tags. It is facebook and the current ad ecosystem.

On android a file-picker that could optionally remove exif-data when a file is chosen seems like an easy workaround for the time being.

[ViViDboarder]

iOS can do this out of the box when “sharing” a photo via the share sheet, but apps that you give photos access can bypass that sheet.

Apple should update the photo permissions to allow enabling or disabling access to metadata as well.