I live in a small area I'm on tinder & grindr
I've seen someone on grindr who was (trying to be discreet) they scratched with a pen over there face but I was able to tell who they was because tinder & grindr have the same location, distance. And a few other people. You can hide distance but if people beside that profile have it on then you know how far they are still

I think the distance, location shouldn't be visible on everyone's profile for safety and especially privacy reasons and if people chatting want to share distance, location would be better