Spoofing was an issue for cheating but so was GPS data quality: spend enough time in a metro area and you're ready to tear your hair out because of constant dri

Spoofing was an issue for cheating but so was GPS data quality: spend enough time in a metro area and you're ready to tear your hair out because of constant drift. Combine that with Niantic's shift from freely giving equipment away to forcing players to "glyph hack" (repeat back a series of proprietary symbols) and casual players dropped out of the game.