Photos for Mac - Important Library Management Question

Hello,
I wanted to make sure that Master files are not imported into the Library database file, as they are already organized in folder on my drive.
So I unchecked "Copy items to the Photo Library".
Now I did a test by importing 66 MB worth of 30 photos to a brand new Photo Library with the above option unchecked. The Photo Library database in the Finder still turned out to be 44 MB!
After opening the folder contents in the Finder I realized that the reason is because it saves the thumbnail version of the files I imported. Even though they are obviously smaller versions of the Master File, and the Master Files are not imported. It's still 2/3 the size of the original files!
So my total photo database is around 100 GB, if I import it all into my photo library and even if it's half the size, that's an extra 50 GB on my hard drive for thumbnails, that's just crazy.
Is there a way to disable thumbnails from being generated at all when using Photos for Mac, or is it inevitable that even with "Copy items to the Photo Library" stays unchecked that the Photos database file is going to have a big file size because of thumbnails?
Thanks,
Nick

Alley_Cat wrote:
This might be an instance for feedback in relation to 'preview' image sizes - if there were some control over size/quality the overhead could be reduced.
Sure, but while that would reduce the storage overhead, it would increase the CPU (& probably memory, both real & virtual) overhead substantially, as well as making the app sluggish when displaying lots of images at once or scrolling through the views.
So I think that once users tried it, they would quickly decide the tradeoffs were not worth it ... & many would complain that Apple should have done something magical to eliminate the drawbacks if that option was to be added to the app.

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