[tjoff]

Stand corrected on the first part.

But surely iCloud upload feature is on the device. And if it was only in the cloud they wouldn't need to mention iOS or iPadOS at all.

[marcellus23]

But what’s the practical difference between scanning photos when they’re uploaded to iCloud on a server, or on device?

[tjoff]

A world of difference. Both in practical terms and principle.

To start, once you upload something to the cloud you do - or at least are expected to - realize that it is under full control of another entity.

Because of that you might not use iCloud or you might not upload everything to iCloud.

[marcellus23]

I think you might still be confused? Only photos being uploaded to iCloud are scanned. So users can still choose not to use iCloud and avoid this.

I certainly hope you didn’t get yourself all worked up without actually understanding what you’re mad at :)