> Apple : "The icon appears for system services that do not have a switch in Settings"
To me, Apple is saying you can't selectively disable certain services because there isn't an option. If Location Service is enable, these services will have access to them and there's nothing to be done about it. This seems lost on the Author.
> Article Author : "it seems they are saying their phones have some system services that query your location regardless of whether one has disabled this setting individually for all apps and iOS system services."
The Author seems to miss the fact that the unknown service causing the icon to appear isn't in the list of individual settings.
\* Regardless of whether Apple should be allowing an App/Service access to Location Services, when enabled, without user consent; to their credit they aren't hiding the fact that it's happening which to me is a good thing.
It's nuanced but it's the difference between "it's happening and you have no say" versus "I'm hiding the fact that it's happening from you because you have no say".