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z0r0 t1_irsqb7e wrote

Calling it now- this "feature" is going to be a lot more of a hassle than apple bargained for. There's no winning here- to make this a usable feature, it requires WAY more investment into things like geofencing, analytics around where and how people use their phones and data crunching around things like pop-up carnivals. I give it a few months before orgs like the FCC step in to put a stop to it.

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AdmiralAckbar86 t1_irt3g3y wrote

It's been a feature on Pixel phones since 2019 without any of these issues, this is just tech news sites trying to make a story for ad revenue.

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z0r0 t1_irthlok wrote

Don't forget though, Google collects so much more metadata than Apple does, especially re: location data (for maps) so my above points are a bunch easier for Google to do it.

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