Removing all gps features

[Jason Bramwell]

I really like the GPS feature of Subsurface but I capture my GPS fixes in a really convoluted way using the old app, I’ve been thinking of trying using the current mobile app to do this but I’m a dinosaur and once I’ve found something that works for me I stick to it.

I personally won’t miss this feature but there may be some that do.

Regards 
Jason

Sent from my iPhone

> On 11 Sep 2021, at 17:52, Dirk Hohndel via subsurface <subsurface at subsurface-divelog.org> wrote:
> 
> Just a heads up.
> Both app stores have made it way too painful for me to deal with their rules about location permissions (or, frankly, any permissions).
> 
> The fact that the company that is built around tracking our every move keeps rejecting my app because it violates their rules is deeply ironic, but I just can't find the energy to keep fighting Google. And Apple isn't any better.
> 
> So the ability to pick the current GPS location and to use the location service in the background will be dropped from future app store versions.
> 
> Right now I'm wondering if I should just remove the code, or if I should compile it out and allow people who want to build their own and side-load it to still have that feature.
> 
> Thoughts? Is there anyone here who side-loads their own build? And if yes, are you using the GPS features?
> Hint, using the current location when editing dives is partly broken right now, as is applying GPS fixes obtained by the location service... So if you are using these features, I'm curious how well it works.
> 
> As always, if I don't hear from you I assume you don't care and will just remove the code (which is my preference).
> 
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