Niantic doesnt care about you. Stop giving them money.
So I downloaded this the day it came out. I was sick and stuck at home but still able to catch a few Pokemon. After going into town and meeting a bunch of other people it was a blast. Other than the server crashes which I thought was somewhat understandable.
Then the three-step-bug happened. Cant see where any Pokemon are. So some other devs made websites showing where they were. Niantic didnt like that so they disabled tracking altogether.
They also havent said anything about the future of the game or why they are removing features. Plus, its nothing like any other Pokemon game ever. And not in a good way. Wanna train up your favorite Pokemon? Too bad. You have to catch a new one thats stronger. Terrible battling system, no actual way to defend gyms, no trading, nothing. This game seemed cool but its pretty garbage.
Sad truth is this company is just in it for the money and doesnt care about the playerbase at all. Despite requests and suggestions theyve moved in the opposite direction of what the players wanted.