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		freehunter on Jan 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iOS 13 app tracking alert has dramatically cut loc... I just don’t understand why Apple doesn’t have a “allow to run in background” permission. Instead developers have to resort to Bluetooth or silent audio or location tracking which further erodes user trust and allows for developers to say “I swear we don’t track you” while actually tracking you.

TrueGeek on Jan 13, 2020 [–]

Because developers would abuse it. Look at what Huawei does to force kill apps just to “fix” this

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