[hannob]

You need an extra tool to download your own photos? That's... not a basic feature?

I'm always surprised what kind of antifeatures people in Apple land are willing to accept and still use those things...

[CharlesW]

As is pointed out elsewhere in the thread, there are at three official ways to download your own photos. This complements those.

[cg5280]

You absolutely can download your photos, just not via command line like this project enables.

[geekamongus]

You do not need an extra tool to download your photos. This one runs from the command line, though.