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		alexanderchr on Nov 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook is using the iPhone’s camera as users scr... This is already how apps access files (except for files in the app's own directory). Don't see why Apple couldn't make it work the same for photos.

snuxoll on Nov 12, 2019 [–]

It does, but apps want to customize the experience instead of using the OS provided picker for some annoying reason. At least they should fallback if you deny access to your library, I’d like to see Apple mandate that.

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