• The Pantser
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    524 days ago

    So they finally got all that sweet user location data they needed to create whatever their ultimate goal was. Probably some kind of population density map for military purposes.

    • @SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      Not even that. It could just replace GPS if mapped well enough. And there has been a lot of talk of stuff like that(GPS replacements). Part of my worry with TikTok which. I am naive and this is probably unfounded. But I worried if we got into a war China would flip a switch to expose just that using live data. Even if it’s anonomized. You know where hurts the most…

      • @piccolo@sh.itjust.works
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        4 days ago

        Gps wont be replaced. Gps works litterally anywhere on the planet’s surface without any other data connection. Your phones acceleratormeters are decent. But will quickly become disoriented without recalibration from gps.

      • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
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        54 days ago

        GPS seems like one of the rare technologies that is working just fine as it is and hasn’t been fucked with yet, can we just keep it at that for once in our lives?

      • @4am@lemm.ee
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        14 days ago

        If you mean doing stuff like using ground stations to triangulate location, phones have been doing that already. Why would Pokemon Go have anything to do with it?

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    4 days ago

    popular titles like “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Stumble Guys,”

    Am I crazy or has nobody heard of these? Either way, this sale isn’t a bad thing. Niantic was not a good steward of the Pokemon IP

  • @collapse_already@lemmy.ml
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    194 days ago

    As a PoGo player, I fully expect the game to get even worse. Maybe to the point where it starts damaging the pokemon brand.

    • AItoothbrush
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      44 days ago

      From my point of view it already damaged it. Every time i mention pokemon to anyone they think i mean pogo instead of the literal 20 or 30 or how many there are now games. Also if you live next to a larger metro area counter to what a lot of people say, it is kinda fun to log on for a few mins each day and a catch a few mons. Also, as a pretty serious pokemon collector, its much easier to get rare mons in pogo compared to mainline games.

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      it’s been a common sentiment in my local group too, but amidst these fears i feel it’s important to remember that pokemon co is still going to maintain ultimate control over the game.