Q: Why can't I add a location to a photo in the new Photos app?  Apple appears to have taken away a feature without asking.

The fear remains in iPhoto, nothing taken away. It's just not in the new app:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html is the place for feature requests and feedback

So what kind of logic was there in removing an important capability such as adding location?

The logic? For me, very little. But I think there's a valid argument that says the app is designed with iPhone shooters in mind. No harm there, that's the most popular camera in the world right now, but for old stick in the mud DSLR users, it feels like time to explore other possibilities.

That would be great if all of us were "iPhone shooters", but many of us use REAL cameras and need the ability to do things like sort into events, adding locations, etc.

iPhoto was SO much better for those of us who aren't strictly iPhone shooters.

My response was to use another app.

It was not logic. It was pure and simply the dumbing down of the app to match the iPhone.

If you don't like Photos then start looking for a non-Apple solution for you photos.

Oh there's a logic for Apple right. It works for them.

And screws the users.

Yeah....who cares about the people using their product?  As long as it works for Apple, the consumer is obviously not important.

Heavens aren't you cynical.   They're not screwing the iPhone users, are they?

No. I was thinking of the serious photographers which is not the iPhone users for sure.

I have an iPhone and occasionally use it for photos, but my main camera is NOT an iPhone.  To be forced to go outside Apple for a product when Apple had perfectly good products available is ludicrous.  But it is what it is, apparently.

Oh, don't say that. Every serious photographer will ell you the best camera is the one you have with you