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Right or wrong - it's one of the only was to implement this at the moment and apple are trying to kill the competition. I develop an app that does similar feat
by mcfedr 8y ago
Right or wrong - it's one of the only was to implement this at the moment and apple are trying to kill the competition.
I develop an app that does similar features, we are currently still in the store but apple won't let us release any updates for 3-4 months now. They keep saying rubbish like this but at the end of the day they don't want competition for this own apps.
- svarrall 8y agoThis seems pretty clear. They’re giving you a heads up that in a future iOS version you won’t be able to get awake/pickup information whilst using the background location api.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoAs others have pointed out, this makes no sense. Apple allows tons of apps in categories that compete with theirs. How many calendar or email or stock tracker apps are there? They make no money from Screen Time, whereas they do make money from apps sold in the App Store. If they do kill this category of app, I’d say there’s a 99% chance it’s either for technical (for example battery drain) or more likely, privacy reasons.
- Angostura 8y agoDo you explicitly get the user to consent to the use if background location data for this purpose?