@johnjohnston I suspect Apple erred on the side of caution and reputation. It seems there are alarmist everywhere:

If an app gets permission to access the image library, it will get full access to all image metadata also, including the exact location.
This is a serious privacy issue, as third party camera apps that want to just store a picture the user took, will also get full access to all photos and their locations in their image library.. ~ openradar.appspot.com/34610699