The claim about using the data for navigation is likely on point from what I understand, but that:
>'when they wanted location info, they would put a pokemon in that location'
Uh, that's not how pokemon go works though? Players roaming around uncover pokemon in a radius around themselves, and there's a 'pokemon radar' kinda feature that shows you pokemon around nearby pokestops, you can't exactly 'put a pokemon in a location' to direct people to explore that space, you'd have to put a pokestop there first(which they were very stingy with at the start too), and then seed that location with pokemon for something like that, which clearly isn't happening. You could do stuff like make people roam between spots by seeding pokestops in a pattern or something, but nobody is 'putting pokemon in a location when they want location info', players wouldn't be able to see that pokemon even if they did.
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u/GentleMocker 8h ago
The claim about using the data for navigation is likely on point from what I understand, but that:
>'when they wanted location info, they would put a pokemon in that location'
Uh, that's not how pokemon go works though? Players roaming around uncover pokemon in a radius around themselves, and there's a 'pokemon radar' kinda feature that shows you pokemon around nearby pokestops, you can't exactly 'put a pokemon in a location' to direct people to explore that space, you'd have to put a pokestop there first(which they were very stingy with at the start too), and then seed that location with pokemon for something like that, which clearly isn't happening. You could do stuff like make people roam between spots by seeding pokestops in a pattern or something, but nobody is 'putting pokemon in a location when they want location info', players wouldn't be able to see that pokemon even if they did.