As I said, I don't know much about iPhones. Thanks for clearing it up. Now I just fail to see why the underlying OS is of any consequence. Seems like the original commenter is making an "Android vs iPhone" issue out of something that has to do with a specific application — namely Google Photos.

Well with iOS you aren't tied into Google's data mining operation. You just have that option.

The original comment was about Google Photos, which isn't forced on you in Android either...