Wow! It's so rare that I might have never seen it, or completely forgot about it. However, now that you mention it, I think I remember it from my early days on iOS.
Actually the problem is most of apps don't give you the choice between [slick UX + loose control over your data] or [ok UX + perfect control of your data].
If I download Instagram and refuse to access my local storage, I guess I won't be able to share a picture from my phone, right?
> If I download Instagram and refuse to access my local storage, I guess I won't be able to share a picture from my phone, right?
Not from within the app, but if you go into the Photos app and share a photo from there, you can choose to share to Instagram, and Instagram will get only that one photo.
Actually the problem is most of apps don't give you the choice between [slick UX + loose control over your data] or [ok UX + perfect control of your data].
If I download Instagram and refuse to access my local storage, I guess I won't be able to share a picture from my phone, right?