>"No application should `require` location services to start/let you in." Exactly this. Rejecting apps from getting into your store ecosystem that request perm

>"No application should `require` location services to start/let you in." Exactly this. Rejecting apps from getting into your store ecosystem that request permissions that they can't justify based on the purpose of the application should be one of the first and major things app-store curators do. Now to enforce this with browsers as well and include things such as "push notifications".