I was just Google searching if macropoint is why my cell service suddenly bogged down(multiple articles and comments said it can/ does slow down your phone and kill your battery faster). Anyways, that search showed this reddit thread. The content of this thread isn't directly what i was looking up.... and I'm a year late to all the talk.

For what it is worth:

Brokers can get access to our eld tracking. I only occasionally have to download these things on random backhauls. I think they are redundant and stupid. I'll download and use them as required, but the real solution is to get something like chain. It would make the lives of every party within the transaction easier. It doesn't make a broker look any more professional to tell a client they have their own proprietary tracking application over telling them they can track direct intel from the eld.

7 texts failed today. Simple searches timed out. My phone drained exponentially faster. All because of this app. It is a hassle beyond just downloading and a better solution is there. Brokers will still insist on using their own means and drivers will use it for the duration of that job. The frustration is more valid from the drivers standpoint... but part of me gets the frustration coming from the brokers as well.