Google admits it tracked user location data even when the setting was turned off

And this is the company we are suppose to trust with their stance on Net Neutrality?

The article says Google is disabling this function.

However, remember that Google, and also Facebook, have a rule that whenever public pressure forces them to remove one privacy violation, they will secretly add two new ones.

Is it safe to assume (i.e.: generally speaking, not just this case) that you don't share data with google if you run an AOSP-based ROM like lineageOs ?

Never forget. If you are not the customer, then you are the product!

anyone knows if this functionality is at play when you don't have GAPPS installed?

This isn't really surprising.