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Android has this issue.

There is the new permissions for locations. Accurate and not so accurate.

Apps are told that "you are given coarse location" so they refuse to work.

Same for contacts. I refuse to use truecaller because it "requires" contacts access. I don't want it so I am at an impasse.

Permissions should be transparent. As you said, if the user decides on system level to disable location, apps should be told "no signal" or "no location for now, carry on"



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