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They totally screwed up the location thing to the point of uselessness because they report what the user selects to the app, and scummy apps just disable themse
by callalex 3y ago
They totally screwed up the location thing to the point of uselessness because they report what the user selects to the app, and scummy apps just disable themselves until you grant the permission they want.
- phs318u 3y agoThe choice to use a scummy app (and you should know if it's doing this that it's scummy), is still a choice.
- lencastre 3y agoUnfortunately apps which don’t pass the smell test get deleted. Ridiculous requirements such as permanent precise GPS location and access to health and motion and my credit card purchase history are too much man.
- callalex 3y agoThe situation is more nuanced than that. For example, I have some security cameras installed around my home where the app has updated itself and now requires continuous precise location tracking. That was not the case when I purchased them and set them up, or I would have returned them and left a bad review. I guess you could say I deserve it for not using hardware based on open standards, but now my only options are to generate masses of ewaste and spend hundreds of dollars more, or just bend over and take it. My OS could work harder to protect me here.