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[โ€“] InvisibleShade@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably from carrier coverage maps

That or tracking anonymous data from people's phones. Hopefully if that's it they go based on if the maps actually load instead of just bars because there's plenty of places with good signal but unusable data due to congestion.