Okay, thinking on this more, I have a very hot take here.

What’s the big deal?

Google is seemingly offering a locally processed machine vision API to other apps, as far as I tell. This might manifest as some messaging service nagging you if you try to send nudes to someone, or filtering porn out of a feed. Or other “safety” features I suppose, like classifying slur-laden messages as abusive.

…But Google was most certainly doing this with Google apps already. Like the stock photo library most apps use.

If people are already using unprivate services for this kind of thing, honestly, they were digging their own grave, and this hardly moves the needle. All it does is make the spying/censorship more apparent.

I say those users need a cold bucket of water to the face, and this may provide it.

…But otherwise, it wont affect apps that dont use the API, right?