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by embedding-shape 66 days ago
> If Google feels that the location tags and filenames are unacceptably invasive, it can stop writing them that way.

Something can be "not invasive" when only done locally, but turn out to be a bad idea when you share publicly. Not hard to imagine a lot of users want to organize their libraries by location in a easy way, but still not share the location of every photo they share online.
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eru 66 days ago
Definitely. I want to be able to search my Google Photos for "Berlin" and get me all the pictures I took there.
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thaumasiotes 66 days ago
> Not hard to imagine a lot of users want to organize their libraries by location in a easy way, but still not share the location of every photo they share online.

The location isn't just embedded in the EXIF tags. It's also embedded in the visual content.

I imagine people will get tired of their image uploads being blacked out pretty quickly.

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