Keep in mind that Apple also has a map application that also needs to know the user's whereabouts to give good information, but there's no issue because Apple d

Keep in mind that Apple also has a map application that also needs to know the user's whereabouts to give good information, but there's no issue because Apple does not need that data to be collected, stored, analyzed, aggregated, and sold. Google could simply send the map tiles requested then discard the request data from their servers as Apple appears to do.