My phone: my private space. Anything in the browser: not my private space.

I want exactly that: the OS to translate between that boundary with a sane default. It’s unavoidable to have cases where this is inconvenient or irritating.

I don’t even know on iPhone how files are named “internally” (nor do I care), since I do not access the native file system or even file format but in 99% of all use cases come in contact only with the exported JPEGs. I do want to see all my photos on a map based on the location they were taken, and I want a timestamp. Locally. Not when I share a photo with a third party.

It is not just a default when it is the only option.

The word default is more appropriately used when the decision can be changed to something the user finds more suitable for their usecase

> Anything in the browser: not my private space.

Google’s main business is ads, ie running hostile code on your machine.