I think you're probably failing to model the use case for Bitchat.
Location tracking services needn't be enabled in order to use Bluetooth.
Bitchat has numerous use cases:
-camping with others
-hiking with others
-farmer's markets
-sporting events
-concerts
-parties
-meeting someone with whom you've arranged a meeting who you've never met before in person in a public space...this could be used to facilitate private transactions of many types including non-KYC Bitcoin
-general chat in high population density areas
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Yes precise location does need to be enabled to use the mesh even on GrapheneOS.
But all of those use cases are better suited for my voice and hearing sense. Bluetooth at crowded locations further shortens the range to the point id have to be within speaking range. If I was at a campground a wifi hotspot mode its probably even better suited (or ad-hoc wifi network on android devices).
Most of these cases make no sense unless your scared to speak with other humans.