Rusty Corgi ➡️ FurcationlandApr 13, 2025

So, on an iPhone, if you allow an app to have background location access it'll just nag you nonstop until you give in and disable access to it?

How is that not an anti-competitive measure to promote their own Find My network? ​ Like I get the security side of it, but as a user I should be able to permanently whitelist an app to have background location access.

People defend the decision by saying it's a security measure, which kind of baffles me because 1) no it's not, it's clearly a way to hamstring apps like Tile from using location access, and 2) at that point you're just saying that you deserve to have Apple treat you like you're a complete moron with your own device.

#iPhone #iOS #Apple

Show threadGrumpywolfdaddy
@Rusty i also hate this system. Particularly hypocritical that none of their first party apps ever need to request access again. Lots of implied "we know better than you" by not providing a true permanent setting.
Apr 14, 2025 at 3:30amWeb
Show threadRusty Corgi ➡️ FurcationlandApr 14, 2025

@grumpywolfdaddy Well the real reason is because they want to block apps like Tile, but they can't single them out so they just do it with every third-party app. You should only be using their apps anyway, after all. 

But yeah, the Apple fanboys that defend it confuse me. It feels really demeaning as a user.