As some others have mentioned, this is not true at all for phones like Pixel at least. Last I checked, I had to provide permission to each app that came in the

As some others have mentioned, this is not true at all for phones like Pixel at least. Last I checked, I had to provide permission to each app that came in the phone. I can deny access to location to even Google Maps. I think Google largely went wrong with Pixel 4 hardware, but my three year old Pixel 2 still runs sharp and I have always wondered why it didn't grab a bigger share of Android pie.