Despite that, it is wexing that they wouldn't come across this issue during testing. Maybe it's a production issue. I am very interested in a technical explanat

Despite that, it is wexing that they wouldn't come across this issue during testing. Maybe it's a production issue. I am very interested in a technical explanation from either Google or Niantic. They surely had to test iOS app and check their Google permission page. Otherwise it would be really sloppy testing.