Niantic Campfire

Was a fine tool at first, then I did a review of permissions for all of my apps. Now this one keeps pushing pop-ups truly every 5-15 seconds requesting more "optional" access, claiming it'll somehow improve performance & I can always opt out. Between pop-ups, it still works great - can't spot a performance change from the beginning, but continuous pop-ups are too much to work through. My choice to do more work to cut through murky transparency about forced "optional" features VS delete was easy.

Messages randomly decide that they can't be sent and you aren't given the option to copy and resend them. The raiding queue never works. When you check into meetups you are now forced to pick one reward path instead of being able to select from multiple. Barely anyone who plays Niantic games uses the app, as it is never advertised. Alot of these features should have been built into games like Pokemon GO in the first place, instead of horribly constructed in a separate app. Disappointing.

I really like the app for a variety of reasons, especially connecting users. However, it could be more user friendly by fixing things like member search and adding things like the ability to sort group members. It would also be nice if you could link Campfire messaging to POGO, so you can click a friend and message them without having to search for them on Campfire, which also doesn't seem to work.