It's all speculation who exactly made the call to remove them -- so you are entitled to your opinion. But there is no hard evidence to support this, licensing arrangement or not. (View Post)

I wouldn't think The Pokemon Company has any say over gym numbers/placement by geography. Yes, it was an apparent mistake. But once in the game, it doesn't harm anything or anyone by leaving them the… (View Post)

Some of them have vanished in my area during the last couple of hours. It sucks for Niantic to leave them in the game for nearly two weeks, then remove them. Feel bad for some of the people in more r… (View Post)

Leave all the in-question waypoints in the game. It’s extremely tiring to have Niantic focus on “fixing” the things that benefit players, yet you take forever to resolve those things which hinder us. (View Post)

There are plenty of people in the pogo community who have been visiting the new gyms towards getting the gold badges, so if any of them now disappear, are going to be upset. If this was the decision … (View Post)