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...by submitting them to Google, who then keeps a copy of them and uses them for the exact same purpose which purportedly compelled the author to leave Google.
Thats why you are beeing told beforehand and may just pick a stock photo.
Sure, but that still feels very "You agreed!". The only place on that website that tells you "beforehand" is hidden in the terms of service. That's literally no different.
Is reading too hard for you? Do you need them to hand hold your clicks? Wtf
It literally says they use the Google vision API right at the top where you submit your photo. I feel like that’s pretty prominent.
And without the context that the Ars article provides, that information means very little to the casual visitor. There is absolutely nothing on that website to provide any of that context. It certainly doesn't say that by uploading your photo, you are agreeing to allow Google an irrevocable licence to use it to train AI.
The only thing there is an image that says "Take control" which just links to the author's cloud storage company. This whole thing is thinly-veiled viral marketing.
If you're using Android and Google photos it's already doing that anyway.
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