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by thfuran 917 days ago
Service providers don't just maintain history, they package up real time location info for sale through third parties.
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The tin foil hats among us will be quick to say that this move is to drive sales of real time data.

If they remove history but sell real time data, customers that require location history will be forced to be buy real-time data at scale in perpetuity.