Niantic has received a lot of (warranted IMO) criticism. That said, they did make some positive improvements during the Covid era: They increased the interacti

Niantic has received a lot of (warranted IMO) criticism. That said, they did make some positive improvements during the Covid era: They increased the interaction radius for Pokestops & Gyms. They actually reverted it (at the "end" of covid), faced a giant backlash, and un-reverted it (back to the increased radius). This is a rare occurrence of Niantic actually listening to the community. They introduced remote raid passes. Remote raids are great in a pandemic since you can raid with friends from anywhere. I assume these generate a lot of income for Niantic since it's sold for 250 coins (now 300 coins) for 3 passes. What's baffling to me is how they are constantly discouraging users from doing remote raids.