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> In some of these, Apple is catching up to Android Where Android/Google itself is a bigger problem perhaps than the 3rd party apps.
by mosselman 7y ago
> In some of these, Apple is catching up to Android
Where Android/Google itself is a bigger problem perhaps than the 3rd party apps.
- TheCapn 7y agoWhat's funny is with Android 10 you get these prompts now too (can't say how comparative the two features are though). My biggest offender is Google's apps requesting location access in the background; Hangouts, Messenger, Phone, etc. all asking for access when I'm not using the app. Naturally I block them, but since they're all Google products I wonder how much that even matters.
- hadrien01 7y agoSince Google Play Services is the location provider on most Android phones, Google already has everything. At least with newer Android versions Facebook is blocked from accessing your location...
- cameronbrown 7y agoAFAIK, if no apps are requesting location through Play Services/location is disabled then Google wouldn't get anything?
- taneq 7y agoOne of the things that lead me to drop Gmail was the fact that the Gmail app on my phone started harassing me to turn location services back on. Why does it need to know my GPS coords to send an email?