sugar_in_your_tea comments on ‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

My SO can just call me, and they do about every other day when I'm inevitably stuck in traffic due to some accident during rush hour.

My SO and I call each other very frequently. It takes 10s to call and ask me if I'm stuck in traffic or something. Maybe it takes 5 to check an app, but saving a few seconds isn't worth the unlikely but possible downsides.

Where's the upside vs alternatives that don't have those extra issues?

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[–] groet@feddit.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Is it realy so incomprehensible to see how useful it is? I feel like most people in this threat just close their eyes and scream. Yes you can call, yes you can find a different solution to every problem. But it is still fucking convenient to just know where somebody is without you having to ask them having to actively respond.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, I can see how someone could consider it useful, but that always needs to be compared to alternatives and downsides. For example, the government knowing exactly where I am at all times could be useful if I get abducted or something, but there are so many potential downsides and limited upsides to that to the point that I can't consider it a reasonable option, therefore it's DOA.

So yeah, I don't see location sharing as net useful, especially when the alternatives are almost equivalent in convenience and successfully solving the problem. My routine is the same almost every day, and deviations are really easy to communicate w/ a quick text.

Location sharing is a solution in search of a problem.

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