I think if this was the case we would be seeing a sharp fall, not a smooth during days like this one, but I might be wrong
If it bothers you, I'm pretty sure you can disallow those permissions on phone apps settings, others already explained why they request those permissions
you may create an account on lemmynsfw.com instance and browse local, there's a few there, but you haven't heard it from me
I think if this was the case we would be seeing a sharp fall, not a smooth during days like this one, but I might be wrong