[xani_]

>This is an important detail. Your phone location might be helpful when using drones (though GPS should be on the drone, not your phone)

I'd imagine it would be important for "come back home" like functionality in case drone loses signal or whatever

> but there is absolutely no reason to use it for something like a phone stabilizer, which it absolutely requires and will not let you continue unless you turn it on

App making photos or movies using GPS to tag location of the photo is kinda common. Refusing to work without it would be sketchy tho, but "developer is kinda incompetent" is common enough...

Not saying it isn't malicious but those are easier explanations.

Hell, it could require permissions and not send the data now, just add that tracking in update...

[AdrianB1]

The "come back home" functionality relies on the GPS on the drone, but the "follow me while filming" needs the phone's. I saw quite a lot of motorcycling vlogs using that feature.

[brokenmachine]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the follow me is visual.

I doubt the phone GPS would be accurate enough to keep you in frame - remember, if you were only using GPS for tracking like that, then you're getting both the error of the phone GPS as well as the error in the drone GPS.

I've only really seen it in action on a DJI mini 3 pro.

I believe you can do follow me from the controller without a phone involved at all.

[MaxikCZ]

definetly vision based