Android 16 fixes this by switching to density-based coarse locations. The system can now check the nearby population density. If it’s low, it provides apps an even less precise estimate of your location. The goal is to make the “approximate” estimate feel just as anonymous in a sparse rural area as it does in a dense city.
It’s cool to see that they implement this.
But realistically though, folks should be concerned about ANY sort of location being offered anyways. It just builds a profile that can be used against you even if there is a vague area of where you are.
I think it can be useful for weather, find shops in your area etc. But it will be more useful once browser have the same permission (Chromium is working on it)
To be fair, the main issue is lack of enforcement from Google. Most apps completely disregards approximate location. Like even Google Maps doesn’t like it. Tries to trick you into giving precise loc..If you don’t it will.ignore your position and when searching “restaurants” will massively zoom out instead of displaying those in your position radius.