Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Andy Burns Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Location History is moving to on-phone timeline Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:26:37 +0000 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <8gkijjdu0t3hee7p1mgditshg60qjc0djo@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net xCYX2wTMsQ526Va0YiVbOgd7lSuDWWzhe48N5WZCAhBIaAP88c Cancel-Lock: sha1:YfLh1E8mKW3lsLUSTUVSsAu808E= sha256:d5mPGqVx6v7y+nbphOVve6s2pc0v/u8cxbLnQL65nUE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:144159 Anssi Saari wrote: > Frank Slootweg writes: > >> And I still don't see an explanation *why* they are doing/changing >> this. Only that each of your devices will keep its own Timeline, but I >> think that's more a disadvantage than a feature. > > Maybe there's no or too little market for the location data? I think their T&C say the timeline data is for the user's eyes only? As part of the change from cloud to device storage, the do ask for permission to make the data available to advertisers, of course I said no. > It's the > only reason I can think of, considering it's Google. So maybe there're > now so many apps snarfing up location data, Google can't find buyers? At > least at the prices they want? Or everyone who wants that data already > built it into their app so no market?