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Re:Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leavi... by pidge on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:04PM (#47005666)
I’m curious and suffering from a failure of imagination—why toggle location services regularly?
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Re:Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leavi... by avidiax on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:39PM (#47006097)
Why is the toggle allowed at all? Presumably, sometimes we don't want apps to know where we are and record/share that to the highest bidder.

International travellers will know that some apps will alter behavior or refuse to work based on your location, if it's provided. If I use a VPN, I want the app or website to use only the IP location*, not the radio location.

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Re:Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leavi... by AlotOfReading on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:13PM (#47005779)
Increased privacy and decreased battery use when disabled, presumably.
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Re:Apple, fix my keyboard before the timer ends or I'm leavi... by 0cf8612b2e1e on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:20PM (#47005869)
If you are not actively benefitting from GPS, why let the man get a constant lock on your location? Make them suffer with cellphone tower pings.

I too keep GPS off unless I am navigating.

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