I'm thinking he will have other fixes that would be beneficial. Right now, my fork adds in these extras that I was looking for (but not really required for most people):
- Sends out if the user has wifi off, hibernate mode on, restricted battery or location settings (basically in case a kid gets clever and it stops working well, I would have a nice remote (aka Hubitat) way to see if the app was still configured correctly).
- Adds the above to the list of information in the "Friends" screen when you pick a user.
I know some of the changes he is adding is a GPS location when the phone emits a ping or manual location request as well as the background service (must have for me).