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Background location notifications in googlePlayFlavor

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<string name="displayNewsOnMainScreenDescription">Announcements about this app only, we\'re probably talking about 1-2 per year, not more.</string>
<string name="filesHaveBeenMovedTo">Automation now uses another path to store your files. All your Automation-files have been moved here: \"%s\". The external storage permission is not required anymore; you can revoke it. It will be removed in a future version.</string>
<string name="newsOptIn">Would you like to receive (only important) news about this app on the main screen? Those are downloaded from the developer\'s website. There will be no intrusive notification, just a text on the main screen when you open the app.</string>
<string name="locationDisabled">Location disabled</string>
<string name="locationEngineDisabledShort">Location cannot be determined anymore. Click here to find out why.</string>
<string name="locationEngineDisabledLong">Unfortunately your location cannot be determined anymore. A debt of gratitude is owed to Google for its infinite wisdom and amiableness.<br />Let me explain this further. Starting with Android 10 a new permission was introduced that is needed to determine your location in the background (which of course is required for an app like this). Whilst I consider that a good idea the chicanery it involves are not.<br />When developing an app you can try to qualify for this permission by abiding to a catalog of requirements. Unfortunately new versions of my app have been rejected over a period three months. I fulfilled all these requirements, Google\'s shitty development support claimed I would not. After giving them proof that I did after all - I got a response like \"I cannot help you anymore\". Eventually I gave up. <br />As a consequence the Google Play version can NOT use your location as a trigger anymore. The alternative would have been to have this application removed from the store entirely.<br />I\'m very sorry about that, but I\'ve tried my best arguing with a \"support\" that repeatedly failed to pass the Turing test.<br />The good news - You can still have it all:<br />Automation is now open source and can be found in F-Droid. That is an app store that really cares about your privacy - rather than just acting like that. Simply uninstall this app and install it again from F-Droid. Click here to find out more: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.jens.automation2/</string>
<string name="locationEngineDisabledLong">Unfortunately your location cannot be determined anymore. A debt of gratitude is owed to Google for its infinite wisdom and amiableness.\\n\\nLet me explain this further. Starting with Android 10 a new permission was introduced that is needed to determine your location in the background (which of course is required for an app like this). Whilst I consider that a good idea the chicanery it involves are not.\\n\\nWhen developing an app you can try to qualify for this permission by abiding to a catalog of requirements. Unfortunately new versions of my app have been rejected over a period of three months. I fulfilled all these requirements, Google\'s shitty development support claimed I would not. After giving them proof that I did after all - I got a response like \"I cannot help you anymore\". Eventually I gave up. \\n\\nAs a consequence the Google Play version can NOT use your location as a trigger anymore. The alternative would have been to have this application removed from the store entirely.\\n\\nI\'m very sorry about that, but I\'ve tried my best arguing with a \"support\" that repeatedly failed to pass the Turing test.\\n\\nThe good news - You can still have it all:\\n\\nAutomation is now open source and can be found in F-Droid. That is an app store that really cares about your privacy - rather than just acting like that. Simply uninstall this app and install it again from F-Droid.\\n\\nClick here to find out more:</string>
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