Provide example for why it is not advisable to store images in CoreData?

Question

this question has been asked many times, I have read many users telling that it is not advisable to store images in a DB, in particular within CoreData. By they all seems to

Answer 1

The filesystem, and the API:s surrounding it is (just like a webserver) optimized to serve files, of any size, and to apply caching where appropriate.

CoreData is optimized for handling an object graph with tiny pieces of data, like integers and short strings.

Also, there are a number of other issues that tend to creep up on you, like periodically vacuuming the SQLite database CoreData uses, or it won't be able to shrink, just grow.