Removing all gps features

[Steve]

Hi All,

I use this feature all the time, only yesterday in-fact. Yet to load
dives from yesterday that will be done today sometime.
Also lots of other people I know really like the GPS tagging but of
course not a lot of boat diving going on in the last 18 months, 99.9%
of these people aren't on the mailing list or check the Google group.

Very few people have dive computers that record GPS position.

It is such a great feature to be able to set the phone going and then
just leave it in the dry bag and concentrate on the rest of the dive &
not have to worry about touching it again on a rocking boat until
getting back to shore!

I don't build mobile or side load mobile app at present (I only compile
for desktop atm).

So I would say don't take the code out and I would side load to be able
to keep the GPS features.

Cheers,
Steve


On Sat, 2021-09-11 at 09:53 -0700, Dirk Hohndel via subsurface 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).
> 
> /D
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