[nerdjon]

Removing that ability removes one of the key functionality of these apps and why they are popular.

Seeing that someone is 100 ft away is a common start of a conversation. Maybe they live in the same apartment, at a local coffee shop, work in the same building. Which leads to... well...

That doesn't excuse the privacy issues though.

[heavyset_go]

Plenty of people already spoof their locations on the app and the app itself offers location changing functionality, I'd hardly say that is removing functionality or defeating the purpose of the app.

[fennecfoxy]

It's not the start of a conversation in my experience. If they're that close then you'd just say hi.

The types of people that open with "I'm 50m away from you" are super freaking creepy.