What makes you think this will churn battery? It’s one extra processing step that’s run before a photo syncs and then cached. You don’t sync every photo every time.
Out of all the arguments on this site against this feature, the battery bit is by far the most unfounded one and super odd to see repeated on a technical forum.
I agree it’s probably not very much battery at all. But it’s not going to be none either, so the principle remains: it’s my phone using my electricity to check up on me without my consent. I really don’t like that.
Out of all the arguments on this site against this feature, the battery bit is by far the most unfounded one and super odd to see repeated on a technical forum.