Related Articles:

• Image Source - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-discover-feed-jump-to-top-3580404/
• https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/06/05/google-tests-a-more-compact-discover-design-with-no-topic-bubbles/
• https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/04/19/objectively-terrible-google-feed-testing-new-design-large-topic-bubbles-lots-wasted-space/

… might just be for Pixel users?

(sort of related?)
I use “exifcleaner” to clean metadata from media
https://github.com/szTheory/exifcleaner