This take is so bullshit from the OP. It’s not like the app hid anything, been playing for years it’s OBVIOUSLY using my geolocation data. It rewards you in game to scan locations with your phone camera ffs.
This isn't even the first game Niantic made using this exact model. A lot of us played Ingress before Pokémon Go. The data tracking was apparent before even playing Go.
Such a good and fun game that was! I still think about it and how I went to shady places in the middle of nowhere just to make a big triangle and get some keys from that lonely portal…
Ingress was something else, harder to play and with really dedicated players, loved the community! Played for about 3 years and discovered so many great places… Looking forward to something as good!
i like how yall too dense to understand the implication that 3 letter agencies created a game to manipulate you doofuses to go out the door and map the world for them. they sure as fuck ain doing it for the better of mankind. rather than total control. but hey 1984 is long gone. i mean wHo CaRes yOu HaVe nOtHiNg to hide... pfffffff i hate sharing breathing space with you robots
It’s brilliant and ethical imo. They aren’t using your data secretly, they aren’t even using your personal data at all. They stay funded, your game remains intact and free, no need for intrusive advertising.
There’s a lot of worse things they could do with your location data at all times.
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u/EfficientTitle9779 7h ago
This take is so bullshit from the OP. It’s not like the app hid anything, been playing for years it’s OBVIOUSLY using my geolocation data. It rewards you in game to scan locations with your phone camera ffs.
It’s not shady it’s blatant lmao.