`NEHotspotHelper` + Location Services in the background?

I noticed in System Services under Location Services settings in Privacy that there is a separate toggle for "Wi-Fi Networks". Is this only for Apple-specific things, or is it possible to access Location Services to better target matching Wi-Fi networks to return with `NEHotspotHelper` ... without asking for Background Location Permission ("Always") which causes the location arrow to remain turned on all of the time (even if our app doesn't even initiate CLLocationManager ever)?

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NEHotspotHelper allows you to create apps that help the user navigate a hotspot (a Wi-Fi network that require some sort of user interaction, typically authentication, before providing access to the wider Interent). It not intended to be use as a substitute for Core Location and provides no facilities along those lines.

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