It's ridiculous because they don't need your location history to search for static content that they already have saved in their databases. The exact same behav

It's ridiculous because they don't need your location history to search for static content that they already have saved in their databases. The exact same behavior happens with maps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19809432 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19809432 Google is shameless about gimping their services unless you hand over gross amounts of irrelevant personal information.