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Google won't let you use GPS for maps without also turning on wifi for similar reasons I guess. It does make it more accurate but shouldn't be required.
by cma 3y ago
Google won't let you use GPS for maps without also turning on wifi for similar reasons I guess. It does make it more accurate but shouldn't be required.
- slau 3y agoWasn’t there this thing that Google collected a list of SSIDs using their Google Maps cars, and that gave them “good enough” geolocation using passive WiFi scanning, which was much less battery intensive and faster than GPS?
- 0xDEADFED5 3y agoThat's nonsense, Maps works perfectly fine with wifi off
- cma 3y agoThey might have changed it again, but it was a thing, I saw the prompts mentioned here too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30167865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30167865