> Having it control access to something that is not specifically a location service but that might sometimes be usable to obtain information that can be used to

> Having it control access to something that is not specifically a location service but that might sometimes be usable to obtain information that can be used to figure out location does not seem wise to me, because all kinds of things that you might not expect to provide such information do. For example internet access can provide location information indirectly via IP geolocation. Using Bluetooth beacons you can get the location of a user accurate to a couple of meters, possibly granular enough to identify the individual. Continuous tracking can track your movements with the same scale. IP geolocation will at best be a radius of multiple kilometers. There's a big difference between "I know where you're standing at this second" and "I can guess what part of the country you're in".