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by nicce 776 days ago
Of course there isn't, but it limits efficiency and features. For example, you will miss all the fancy features Google Images does in cloud and user experience might be slower, since everything must be processed and downloaded on client side. Some level of metadata is always unencrypted.
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That's trading one feature for a bunch of others. Users should have the choice of what features they think are important.
They typically do, by picking the product they wish to use.