A few months ago I deleted the app
I had previously had a lot of fun with Pokémon Go. It got me exploring and seeing places that I otherwise wouldn’t’ve. Not to mention as far as I can discover, this is the game that so far comes the closest to being able to let you pretend that you actually have a Pokémon buddy.
The reason why I deleted the app was solely because of the new Terms of Service that was released earlier this year, that gave Niantic the “permission” to read our phones files wherever they felt like it.
I know that ostensibly, this is to catch cheaters. And to be clear, I myself do not know enough about programming to even attempt to do the things Niantic would be looking for.
However, I refuse to give a private company carte blanche to invade my privacy.
This was not an easy decision.
I had a few quite hard to get Pokémon that it felt physically painful to loose. Not to mention the amount of money that I have spent on this app over the years.
I really wish it hadn’t ended this way.