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The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Your weather app should be using your location services which should be based off GPS not your IP address?

[–] spikkedd@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes location services uses your Internet connection to figure out where you are. Imagine you're deep in a corporate building. GPS wouldn't work in there. In this case, IP-based location services to the rescue!