Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole?
by jmull on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:50PM
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The new location precision user auth seems to have been done in a backwards compatible way, at least in my testing:
- app with existing location permission in iOS 13 gets precise location.
- when the user prompt appears, it looks like precise location is the default in the UI.
(This is with an app build against iOS 13 SDK -- not sure yet if the iOS 14 SDK changes things.)
I think Apple will likely change this in the future, but right now devs are getting the time they need to adjust.
(As is, this new permission does almost nothing since 99% users will accept the defaults. I think they'll probably require more explicit action on the user's part to get precise location in the future.)
- app with existing location permission in iOS 13 gets precise location.
- when the user prompt appears, it looks like precise location is the default in the UI.
(This is with an app build against iOS 13 SDK -- not sure yet if the iOS 14 SDK changes things.)
I think Apple will likely change this in the future, but right now devs are getting the time they need to adjust.
(As is, this new permission does almost nothing since 99% users will accept the defaults. I think they'll probably require more explicit action on the user's part to get precise location in the future.)