Google is definitely pushing location services hard. I was happy to learn it's possible to disable Google Now yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1

Google is definitely pushing location services hard. I was happy to learn it's possible to disable Google Now yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15743055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15743055 Another option besides an iPhone is to replace Google Play Services: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15617615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15617615 (supported devices: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/)