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.

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@Rusty I’ve recently been getting nagged for the same thing, for Apple’s own weather app. Lol
@forgifuzzbutt I don't get why they exempt the Find My service from the nag but not their own weather app 
@Rusty @forgifuzzbutt That's really fucking stupid

@itsOasus @forgifuzzbutt I wonder if they just wanted something to point to if app developers point out that they're giving their own apps an unfair advantage. "Nuh uh, we're not leveraging our platform to benefit our own products. See?? The weather app is annoying!!"

Like if it wasn't meant to be anti-competitive I feel like they'd let you shut off the nag in the settings.