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You assume everyone is on M and later who support this. Classic living in the bubble.

by tdkl 10y ago

AlexB138 10y ago
How is that "living in a bubble"? The last two major versions of the software support the feature. It's nearly a year and a half old. Classic finding things to be offended about.
- tdkl 10y ago
  Because lets not ignore the fact that more then 50% of devices won't ever see this update, which makes it moot to suggest how to work around something that was taken away. That's classic Google "ship it and fuck the rest" mentality bubble.
  - darren_ 10y ago
    Nothing was 'taken away' for pre-M users either, at least Maps-wise. This article (as originally written, they've updated it since) was stating that a privacy feature that never existed had been taken away. There never was a location services toggle for specifically Maps, and pre-M it's not possible to make one that works (at least, not one that someone who doesn't trust maps with their location should be using).
  - pawadu 10y ago
    Where do you get the 50% number from? These GPS changes started in 4.0.4 (or was it 4.1?) which means 98% of devices (96%) include this: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
- HNSucksAss 10y ago
  Android users can't update their devices themselves, so citing the age of any particular OS version is no defense. It's also the reason that Android turned out to be a big fraud.
magicalist 10y ago
FTA: > You can try to deny Google Play access to your handheld's location by opening the Settings app and digging through Apps -> Google Play Store -> Permissions, and flipping the switch on "location." So it appears the article is talking about M or later. (my location permission was actually already off for the Play Store, and flipping it on and off again gave no prompt, so not sure what the author was talking about with "but you'll be told you can't at that fine-grain level")
jhanschoo 10y ago
It's difficult to appreciate criticism of older versions and models of things. There isn't a meaningful way Google will be able to address that criticism without updating.
- detaro 10y ago
  They could just offer a switch to change the behavior in the app itself.

You assume everyone is on M and later who support this. Classic living in the bubble.

by tdkl 10y ago

You assume everyone is on M and later who support this. Classic living in the bubble.

How is that "living in a bubble"? The last two major versions of the software support the feature. It's nearly a year and a half old. Classic finding things to be offended about.

tdkl 10y ago
Because lets not ignore the fact that more then 50% of devices won't ever see this update, which makes it moot to suggest how to work around something that was taken away. That's classic Google "ship it and fuck the rest" mentality bubble.
- darren_ 10y ago
  Nothing was 'taken away' for pre-M users either, at least Maps-wise. This article (as originally written, they've updated it since) was stating that a privacy feature that never existed had been taken away. There never was a location services toggle for specifically Maps, and pre-M it's not possible to make one that works (at least, not one that someone who doesn't trust maps with their location should be using).
- pawadu 10y ago
  Where do you get the 50% number from? These GPS changes started in 4.0.4 (or was it 4.1?) which means 98% of devices (96%) include this: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
HNSucksAss 10y ago
Android users can't update their devices themselves, so citing the age of any particular OS version is no defense. It's also the reason that Android turned out to be a big fraud.

magicalist 10y ago

FTA: > You can try to deny Google Play access to your handheld's location by opening the Settings app and digging through Apps -> Google Play Store -> Permissions, and flipping the switch on "location." So it appears the article is talking about M or later. (my location permission was actually already off for the Play Store, and flipping it on and off again gave no prompt, so not sure what the author was talking about with "but you'll be told you can't at that fine-grain level")

jhanschoo 10y ago

It's difficult to appreciate criticism of older versions and models of things. There isn't a meaningful way Google will be able to address that criticism without updating.

detaro 10y ago
They could just offer a switch to change the behavior in the app itself.