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Information about nearby devices is not essential for navigation, otherwise the permission wouldn't have been optional until now. It can improve the service in
by dessant 5y ago
Information about nearby devices is not essential for navigation, otherwise the permission wouldn't have been optional until now. It can improve the service in some situations, so the right way would be to explain the tradeoff and let the user control how much data is being shared.
- withinboredom 5y agoTinfoil hat: the number of US GPS satellites in operation has been going down, both in % of total satellites and in actual numbers over the years. I’d venture “US being able to rely on GPS” is probably not a great thing. That being said, wanting more user data is probably the right answer.