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As a developer of an app for controlling smart devices in the home, this one is especially infuriating. What's worse, if you have code that needs to scan ble de
by seanalltogether 3y ago
As a developer of an app for controlling smart devices in the home, this one is especially infuriating. What's worse, if you have code that needs to scan ble devices in the background (for instance to update the clocks on those smart devices) you need to tell the user to go to their system settings and allow location tracking all the time.
- IggleSniggle 3y agoThis is rough. As a developer, I can 100% see why there could be a ton of legit reasons to need this. As a user, there's no way in hell I would trust you not to be nefarious, unless you had a very detailed and clear explanation AND the rest of your app also strongly signaled "competent and trustworthy." And even then I would be wary. The company/app you trust today could be acquired by a company you despise tomorrow. But also as a user, I find location tracking for myself to be incredibly useful. To that last point, I am curious: is there any good comprehensive open sourced and audited alternatives to eg Tile or Find My?