iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
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Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#2Relevant HN discussion for context https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13085098
Related screenshots:
* Uber requesting location access: https://twitter.com/joeduvall4/status/872007928844345344
* Apps using background location now displayed more prominently: https://twitter.com/ow/status/872145515386982400
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#3Fantastic. Screw Uber for only having the option to always use or never use.
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#4Fantastic. Screw Uber for only having the option to always use or never use.
Screw any app that really thinks it needs my precise coordinates in the foreground, let alone the background. Turn-by-turn directions in maps is the only exception I've found in 10 years of iPhone use.
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#5Relevant HN discussion for context https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13085098 Related screenshots: * Uber requesting location access: https://twitter.com/joeduvall4/status/872007928844345344 * Apps using background location now displayed more prominently: https://twitter.com/ow/status/872145515386982400
Next battle: getting Apple to give users more granular Location controls. Almost NO App really needs precise GPS. "within a mile" or city or zip code or other fuzzier locations should be fine for most apps. Users should have a better trade-off than exact or nothing.
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#6I like all the new things coming in iOS11, including this. I recently got my first iPhone and it's on iOS10. Do users like me get to upgrade just the OS on the same handset when they release iOS11? I haven't found the answer to this on some of the apple articles I have browsed.
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#7I like all the new things coming in iOS11, including this. I recently got my first iPhone and it's on iOS10. Do users like me get to upgrade just the OS on the same handset when they release iOS11? I haven't found the answer to this on some of the apple articles I have browsed.
Yes, upgrades are always free, and new iOS versions are typically supported on several generations of older devices.
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#8Relevant HN discussion for context https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13085098 Related screenshots: * Uber requesting location access: https://twitter.com/joeduvall4/status/872007928844345344 * Apps using background location now displayed more prominently: https://twitter.com/ow/status/872145515386982400
Next battle: getting Apple to give users more granular Location controls. Almost NO App really needs precise GPS. "within a mile" or city or zip code or other fuzzier locations should be fine for most apps. Users should have a better trade-off than exact or nothing.
Android 1.0 had this via ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, unfortunately Android only recently got runtime permissions.
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#9Fantastic. Screw Uber for only having the option to always use or never use.
Screw any app that really thinks it needs my precise coordinates in the foreground, let alone the background. Turn-by-turn directions in maps is the only exception I've found in 10 years of iPhone use.
Apple's API don't discriminate with regards to precision. An app that shows nearby stores with a 1km radius precision requires the same level of permissions as an app that's trying to do 1m precision.
Re: iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always an option for users
#10I like all the new things coming in iOS11, including this. I recently got my first iPhone and it's on iOS10. Do users like me get to upgrade just the OS on the same handset when they release iOS11? I haven't found the answer to this on some of the apple articles I have browsed.
Yes, upgrades are always free, and new iOS versions are typically supported on several generations of older devices.
Thank you.