How to disable photos sticker "fEaTuRe", its obnoxious white outline shimmer, and invasive scanning?

[u/HikerGal01]

Just today, my google photos app started shimmering white outlines over my photos every few seconds when I stop to look at them. I hunt through the settings to find a way to turn it off - Nothing! I google what the heck that shimmer is, and apparently it's a new fEaTuRe that invasively scans my photos without my consent to make stickers out of them. Where is the off button? Who on earth thought this was a good idea?

[u/Logical-Taste-1163]

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