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When one uploads an image as an attachement here it gets stripped of its EXIF
Not true.
When one downloads or views an image on this site the image is optimised for delivery and then the EXIF is stripped.
But the upload is intact. During upload we rotate if necessary and then put it in Amazon S3, and on download it runs through Cloudflare Polish and EXIF is removed, and if you are using a .webp compatible browser it's converted to .webp.
We optimise the download, not the upload.
When one uploads an image as an attachement here it gets stripped of its EXIF