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I'd prefer they give you a choice, but a big part of the Waze concept was that it was a social thing - you keep it on while driving so other people on the same
by Shebanator 9y ago
I'd prefer they give you a choice, but a big part of the Waze concept was that it was a social thing - you keep it on while driving so other people on the same road know how much traffic there is, you report hazards, etc. If you only use it when you are actively navigating then you aren't a true member of their community. (Note that I'm not advocating here one way or the other, just explaining their concept. I'm well aware of the privacy issues.)
- Jtsummers 9y agoPerhaps, but it absolutely wrecked my battery life when I didn't kill the Waze app the other day after arriving at my destination. I wasn't moving, but my battery went from ~90% to ~40% in the span of a movie: in my pocket, with the display off. I care very slightly about the privacy implications (I'm already letting them track me sometimes so I can't be that concerned). What bothers me is that it continued to drain my battery to the point that my phone would have been dead before I got back to my car to head home.
- mulmen 9y agoI used Waze during my commute a couple months ago. I didn't look at my phone before lunch. When I went to look up what food was in my area that day my phone was already prompting for low power mode. Plugged in to my car my phone battery only maintains charge with Waze running. Google/Apple maps do not seem to have this problem.
- nxsynonym 9y agoYeah my issue was that it was originally able to be set to "only while using", which they disabled without notice. All of a sudden my location was being shared 24/7 without any warning or permission. I don't mind contributing location data to the betterment of the app, it more comes down to a battery life and transparency issue.