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I'd like one point clarified: is this app entirely local or does it make use of any kind of cloud backend?

I've already seen apps that upload photos away for processing without making it obvious (for example http://prisma-ai.com, if I'm not mistaken). I really shouldn't have to ask if only iOS had a permission for network access.

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Pix runs all the image processing on your phone - we do not use the cloud for any of this.

Is there any chance for the image proc algo used here to go open source?

Thank you for the clarification, that's awesome!

A small note to that effect on the website would be great, I can't be the only one wondering.

You're correct that Prisma uploads images and processes them "in the cloud" - but only for about half the filters. It's kind of weird and it isn't immediately obvious what the difference is between "cloud" filters and "local" filters.

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