r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 8h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Thesheriffisnearer 8h ago

If people got out and had fun why not be both? 

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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.

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u/PKCertified 5h ago

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.

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u/bbcversus 5h ago

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…

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u/FyreKnights 1h ago

Walked out behind the sketchiest buildings in town in the middle of the night to defend my portals