alt Hacker NewsThis might be easier than refusing permission every time - it sounds like I can just not click it. I really dislike location permission things. I don't know what location will be shared, I don't use anything that needs a precise location, and I don't ever want to share my actual location. If location permission things showed me a map with where they think I am and let me click a (vague) location to share, I might use them, but currently to find nearest stores or whatever I just type in a postcode or use their map.
Edit: this has prompted me to go find a way to turn off location permission requests in the browser settings. It turns out you can do it under Privacy and Security > Site Settings in Firefox and Chrome.
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This element has an autolocate attribute that will request permission automatically, plus it doesn't supersede the JS api, it simply provides a declarative alternative to it, so sites that follow this negative pattern will keep doing so.
At the same time, there is no reason to not implement this pattern today and require user intent prior to requesting the permission
> easier than refusing permission every time
Most browsers allow setting default permissions for all sites at once.
Me too. I don't share precise location but will happily click on a map if a website gives me the option. For things that i really need, i just use dev tools to manually set the location :)