This is hyperbolic and wrong. On my iPhone XS running iOS 13.6, there is an option inside Settings>Privacy>Location Services to turn off location access for the

This is hyperbolic and wrong. On my iPhone XS running iOS 13.6, there is an option inside Settings>Privacy>Location Services to turn off location access for the Camera app. You can turn off Location for other core Apple apps too, including HomeKit, Health, etc.