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Re:Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ da... by thelopa on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:04PM (#24110706)
If you set Google Maps to While Using the App you will stop seeing the prompts you’re thinking of. Those “downgrade” prompts only apply to apps with Always. Apple Maps doesn’t support Always and so it cannot get a downgrade prompt.
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Re:Apple’s ad network gets ‘preferential access to users’ da... by jeffbee on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:07PM (#24110741)
This is only because Apple draws a boundary around their stuff that says "Maps" only uses location when it's running, but "Significant Locations" and "Routing & Traffic" and "Improve Maps" are system services.
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