That is a terrible reason to request camera access. It is just restating the access request and it should be rejected. Why will photographs be taken? Because it is a camera/photography application and will only take photographs on explicit user request.
But as you just downloaded a camera app that you want to use to take pictures, that description is actually already beyond what could reasonably be expected.
E.g “The camera will be used to continuously take photographs and upload them to our AI platform for training, analysis, and aesthetic optimization.”
In my job capacity, I give status updates about many unrelated projects.
If I am not explaining full context in a seemingly simple update or question, I will get my hand slapped. And if I tell my boss to “read” it’s going to go worse.
I would have removed the risk of removal by simply prefacing the app is a professional camera app and taking photos is the primary user function.
And not just a lesson for here but also in life: One-liners are fun to say, but people generally don’t like being on the receiving end of them.
This is an example of such an unparalleled curation service. The app makers are just lucky enough to be popular (and even promoted by another arm of Apple) or they'd still be out of the app store.
Imagine the ridiculous level of explanatory humdrum apps would need to conjure if they were to explain themselves to uninterested people pressed for time like that reviewer you described?
Oh come off it. It's used to take photographs because it's a photography application. How much handholding do we need?
"This is an alternate camera app. To take photographs, it needs access to the camera hardware."
Isn’t that a philosophical question? Do we now need to get philosophical to go through App Store reviews?
Photography is literally the only thing camera is good for and it's used for that purpose 100% of the time.
They can just write that the reason is that Halide is a photo app and be back on the store with no need for hand wringing.
I just wish Apple was as good as this at vetting all apps. There is always some junk on the store.
Is photometry photography now? Is the barcode reader at my supermarket performing photography? The encoder on my scroll wheel? My solar roof?
Cameras can be used for many things other than photography. Many other things than cameras can be used for photography. The two are not synonymous.
You are trying to bend definitions
> Cameras can be used for many things other than photography
Like plug a hole with it or hammer a nail?
This is photography. You are thinking about art but photography also means technical process.