No it's not.

If I'm actively engaging in something, and there's the option to specify (note: not be interrupted by a pop-up) for location, manually input, that's within the realm of acceptability.

Though it's distantly possible I might have no idea of my location within, say, a 1km resolution at a point in time, that is an exceptionally distant and rare likelihood for me. And I've no interest in leaving a set of high-time-resolution location tracking datapoints across a slew of data repositories and "information partners".

> that is an exceptionally distant and rare likelihood for me

Congratulations on not getting out much? Please remember you're not everybody. For a lot of people, websites being able to ask for a location is a useful feature.

Keyword: ask. They're not just getting it, they're asking. If you don't want to "leave a set of high-time-resolution location tracking datapoints across a slew of data repositories", you can click no, just as I do almost all the time, except when it's useful.

Because it's useful.

How, specifically, is the OC Weekly having access to your GPS / ICBM coordinates useful to you?

As for my generally excellent sense of geographic location, I make no apologies.

There are other websites. If your beef is with one website, take it up with the website.

Your question was a bad one.