So Google is now preventing people from removing location data from photos taken with Pixel phones.

Remember when Google’s corporate motto was “don’t be evil?”

Obviously, accurate location data on photos is more useful to a data mining operation like Google.

From Google: “Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can’t edit or remove the location.”

It’s enshitification in action.

Source: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6153599?hl=en&sjid=8103501961576262529-AP

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    Edit or remove an estimated location from a photo Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can’t edit or remove the location.

    1. On your Android phone or tablet, open Google Photos 3&.
    2. Open the photo or video.
    3. Tap More : > Edit /. • Add or select a location from your recent locations. • To remove the estimated location, tap Remove location.

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