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> what's a good/trustworthy alternative?

I don't intend this to be snarky, since probably people won't switch over this, but iOS has the awkwardly named "Find my" app, a combination of the previous "Find my friends" app (which does what you want), and the "Find my phone" app. (Which is for finding your own phone if you lose it.)

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I played around with "Find My" last night... similar to Location Sharing, it seems to allow me to look at the location of all devices connected with my account as long as they are online. But that's not necessarily what I want. Before I can access someone else's location, I want to inform them that I'd like to know where they are and give them a couple of minutes to respond. That's the key missing feature here...or am I the one missing something?

Yeah, you can do that. When you request someones location, you can specify a time limit. When that runs out, you have to request it again.

"Forever" is an option.

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