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  1. Dont upload edited Photos from IOS as duplicate

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    This is a serious issue with Proton Drive iOS photo backup that sometimes triplicates my storage space unnecessarily. Simple example:

    A photo on my phone is IMG_1806.HEIC. This takes only 1.3MB

    When I rotate the photo, iOS does not create another photo; it just notes the transformation in an IMG_1806.AAE file. which is simply an XML that takes around 900 bytes.

    But the proton drive backup shows 3 files.

    IMG_1806.HEIC -> possibly the original, but takes up 1.65 MB. Where did the size increase come from?
    IMG_1806_modified.heic -> possibly the rotated full picture that takes up 1.86 MB.
    IMG_1806_modified.jpg -> possibly same as above in JPEG format that takes up another 1.86 MB.

    If I ever lose my pictures and want to restore them en masse, it will be a huge pain.

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