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[crazygringo]

Yes, most people I know, certainly. For example, since my phone uses Wifi at work and at home, my phone uses it most of the time.

I'm not going to turn off Wifi when I leave work and then turn it on again when I get home... I've never even heard of anyone doing that, it sounds pretty annoying to have to keep track of...

[tonylemesmer → crazygringo]

You can get apps that do it by using cell IDs (Smarter Wifi manager is one that I'm trailing but its terrible). It means not having to have GPS switched on for Geofencing.

[manojlds → crazygringo]

Many phones have geofencing which should take care of switching on and off things like wifi at particular locations. Should become mainstream soon.

[eli → manojlds]

So now I need to have my phone ping GPS periodically (which takes longer without wifi for guidance) to check my position so it knows whether it can scan for access points it knows?

Personally, I think I'd rather just have it scan for access points. Apple's MAC randomization has the right idea (if perhaps an imperfect implementation)

[tonylemesmer → eli]

You can use Smarter Wifi Manager but its average at best. It uses Cell IDs to ascertain approximate location.

[wastedhours → crazygringo]

I do that all the time - but mainly because once I leave work, I turn off WiFi and turn on 4G.