I think there are a few more clues on the same page … there is “explanatory” sub text to this setting:
“Let /e/OS decide which network location server to use.”
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This from 2.4.1-t-20241010439852-community-ocean
running microG Version 0.3.2.240913-22 (43f9740)
On the same microG Location page top right 3 dot menu allows
“Configure service URL”
The entry here is provided by my last update of /e/OS:
https://api.positon.xyz/?key=74600654-2aec-11ef-aa95-3b7218da6865.
So my reading of this setting is that toggled on the user gives permission for /e/ to overwrite this url to one of their choice … they might choose to experiment with other options, perhaps based on user feedback … (it could even be a “self-built” new Network location service, but that is clearly not the case today).
Toggled off the user is free to set their own location service (this, I understand, is the default in “microG without /e/”) and it is expected not to be disturbed by anything done by /e/OS … at least, that is my take on the setting.
- Network location can be regarded as a “secondary” location service to provide support for GPS … so the subject here is not the “whole location service”.