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There were probably covert ways to obtain the same information but it's now easier for Google to grab the information using regular APIs. It also means if app
by amenghra 4y ago
There were probably covert ways to obtain the same information but it's now easier for Google to grab the information using regular APIs.
It also means if app X and app Y on their own subdomains were previously using location APIs without any tricks, you are now effectively opting into both apps.
Bottom line: technically it doesn't matter but it probably makes a difference in practice.
- eknkc 4y agoYeah it makes a lot of sense to do it this way, however it does not feel that nefarious when there were plausable workarounds anyway.
- amenghra 4y agoBrowser could implement finer grain permissions (i.e. only permit the API use for a given top level path regexp) but I bet most users won't bother fine tuning their grants.