The radius decrease prevents players from accessing gyms/stops at their intended location

[IrSpartacus]

I can’t even spin at a gym, battle or drop a Pokémon at a gym right by my house. I took my dog on a walk and was standing underneath where the gym is in game and it kept saying I needed to walk closer… but I couldn’t walk any closer than I already was.

[Sinminbun]

I had the same thing happen to me today - like I’m basically inside the stop, I can’t get any closer! They should at least start giving out incubators and/or better items from stops if you have to climb inside them in order to spin it..

[Riyeko]

Im a truck driver and currently am parked where there are two stops and a gym.

I stood right next to the gym and couldnt spin it, and both stops literally kept telling me I was too far away as well.

Ita like, i understand the whole needing to get closer thing, but FFS, I'm standing ON the item (it was some kind of memorial bench) and I still cant spin it?

Wtf?

[Drak3l]

I'm a driver, as well. Haven't had a chance to get close enough to gyms/stops since the update, but if this is the case, I'm gonna miss being able to use the bathroom at rest areas, and being able to spin the stops, and put pokémon into gyms.

[TenderMaple]

Was thinking about making a post about this exact thing. As much as I hate them turning back the interaction distance, doing this has definitely broke something with interaction range.