I really need the location services on my phone for certain things (esp Nav). I am very stingy about what apps get access to that, though. My weather app is one i pay for (Dark Sky) because they don’t sell my data like pretty much ALL the others do. I use Groupon, Tripadvisor, Instagram all kinds of apps that WANT access to my location but I do not grant it. The apps still work fine, I just have to type in the city I am looking for or whatever.
We all have to decide what we are comfortable with. A speaker recording random convos and uploading to Amazon was one step too far for me.