But iPhone settings don’t actually work that way. There are only three options: you can allow an app to use your location at all times, only while you’re using the app, or never. This Uber update purposely disables the middle option, so all you’re left with are the extremes. And while you can select “never,” Uber strongly discourages it, even misleading you along the way: doing so triggers a pop-up in the app with a large headline, “Uber needs your location to continue,” followed by a big button that says “enable location services.” By all appearances, you don’t have a choice: Uber needs it,
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