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Seems that, while it may be optional (e.g. for Android devices), you simply will not be able to set up your speakers if you disable it: "This allows Sonos to d
by inanutshellus 7y ago
Seems that, while it may be optional (e.g. for Android devices), you simply will not be able to set up your speakers if you disable it:
"This allows Sonos to detect your nearby speakers during the Setup process. If you leave this disabled, you will not be able to setup your speakers."
The iOS explanation that it's only used to auto-fill a zipcode is insane and presumably inaccurate, given the Android permission's description.
- tinus_hn 7y agoIOS apps are not allowed to require location access, they must perform some kind of function if they do not have it. Enforcement is pretty random of course, either they were hit or they purposely avoided breaking the rules.
- kirb 7y agoIt seems like the rules aren’t so strict when it’s regarding Wi-Fi/Bluetooth device discovery, since you definitely could derive a location from nearby Wi-Fi access points and Bluetooth devices (that’s why this permission behavior changed in iOS 13/Android 10), but the alternative to device discovery is… for a lot of devices, probably nothing. Putting the blame for this on Apple/Google doesn’t excuse Sonos’s sleazy data collection here, of course.