The new Photos app in iOS 18 just doesn't do it for me; in fact, I can't stand the changes they've made to the UI and navigation. I am firmly in the camp that feels the photo library is a feature, a utility to be used by other apps. Apple, however, wants Photos to be a destination, a product with a unique UI, flashy features and user retention gimmicks. Whether these two things should be two different apps, I don't know, but what we've got here isn't an app I want to have my photos in anymore
It's worth saying: none of this would be a problem if the Photos app were a user-replaceable component like antitrust regulators in the EU desire. I could just replace the Photos app, which is clearly going off in a direction I want nothing to do with, with an alternative that looks and functions like the old one
@stroughtonsmith How is it not possible today? If you squint, Peek‑a‑View is a Photos.app replacement.
@caseyliss @stroughtonsmith I agree with Casey.I haven’t used Apple Photos in years.