> “We should know when users leave their house, their commute to work, and everywhere they go throughout the day. Anything less is useless. We get a lot more than that from other tech companies.”
> This should be posted absolutely everywhere with this as the hook. This type of request and the admittance that companies give even more than that all the time is headline news worthy.
It's pretty well know, but it should be even more well known. IIRC, what's left of foursquare basically does that, lots of "free" apps do it (like weather, calculators, flashlights, etc.). It's the whole reason the "only allow location access when using the app," was invented.
> This should be posted absolutely everywhere with this as the hook. This type of request and the admittance that companies give even more than that all the time is headline news worthy.
It's pretty well know, but it should be even more well known. IIRC, what's left of foursquare basically does that, lots of "free" apps do it (like weather, calculators, flashlights, etc.). It's the whole reason the "only allow location access when using the app," was invented.