[bushbaba]

Question is does google still collect the location data. And are they acting monopolistic here.

My understanding is that even the latest version of android phones home your location in real-time. Which google uses itself for ads.

[harikb]

> Which google uses itself for ads

Do you have a source? Google providing a location-based service for Android OS functionality is different from using it for ads.

[motoboi]

Take a look at recently unsealed documents from court about google location.

[hetspookjee]

I am extremely skeptical in anything Google states that they aren't using for ads and / or user tracking. There's plentiful of examples proving the opposites and it is littered with "whoopsies". Remember the time they "accidentally" equipped their google street view cars with Wi-Fi scanners? It's old but still is true. That happens to me too every now and then. Or how they see themselves above the law with their Google Analytics opt-out plugin that is the complete opposite of what the GDPR states.