Your detailed explanation is both thoughtful, and not particularly useful, to the discussion. This is one of those cases where I do have a good idea of how GPS works with triangulation (I had a work project 13 years ago that dealt with locating a person via his phone using triangulation). I'm also aware of real life vs. the movies. And of the FBI and Apple phone issue a decade ago. None of that is germane here.
The issue is usability and tracking of phones, vs. stand alone devices. You cannot deny that your phone is tracking you unless you turn off the very features you (and many) who enjoy and use. I call those people lemmings. I don't want devices listening to me, tracking me, monitoring me. It's invasive. It's akin to stalking. If it was a person I'd get a restraining order against stalking. I don't need the finer details of how the sausage is made here, I don't want the sausage.