Re:Pokémon Go loses its luster, sheds more than 10M users
by mahranch on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:06PM
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> almost as if Niantic wanted there to be third-party mapping apps in the first place, and then changed its mind.
Didn't they though? At the very beginning of the game, you had footprints you could track and use to "hunt" down nearby pokemon. They took it out because it was hurting their servers. Maps allowed similar hunting. I would say that Niantic did in fact, change its mind.
Didn't they though? At the very beginning of the game, you had footprints you could track and use to "hunt" down nearby pokemon. They took it out because it was hurting their servers. Maps allowed similar hunting. I would say that Niantic did in fact, change its mind.