> it's not and should not be the responsibility of the OS to apply effects or manipulate or alter the data of the hardware. This position is unworkable in so m

> it's not and should not be the responsibility of the OS to apply effects or manipulate or alter the data of the hardware. This position is unworkable in so many cases, but it's especially so for cameras. The data coming out of these sensors is awful, and requires several computationally-expensive passes to clean up. Once you grant that there is a spectrum of data manipulation where reasonable defaults must be selected, you grant that your stated position is unrealistic.