- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
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- technology@lemmy.world
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That looks really annoying. And do not ever distract me while I’m driving. Save your ads for the route planning not execution.
Disgusting.
Osm it is If I see this even once I’m uninstalling maps
Do it already!
Well I usually only ride my bike, so I have barely any use for google maps. I usually use naviki or osmand. Maps is trash for bikes. But sometimes maps is nice to find a shop in the city and see opening times, reviews and a website link.
But sometimes maps is nice to find a shop in the city and see opening times, reviews and a website link.
Unfortunately yes. It’s really hard to beat Google maps for stuff like that
Please use Organic Maps
Totally. I used to contribute to Google maps quite a bit and got higher up in the Local Guides levels, but now I find myself contributing a lot to OSM. I feel a lot better about contributing to an open platform vs letting a company close up my changes.
I just haven’t made the switch to use it as a mobile client yet
Poor startup google must not be making enough money selling our travel data that they need to put ads to keep the lights on
Alright, so I’ve replaced Google with duckduckgo, Chrome with Firefox, Gmail with Protonmail…
What’s the replacement for Google maps?
I use Organic Maps on Android (which uses OpenStreetMap data), but I haven’t found a good alternative that also tracks traffic.
ya, the traffic info is what I mostly use it for…
You could try ViaMichelin Not saying it doesn’t track you, but atleast it’s not Google
Though I haven’t used it myself, I’ve seen OpenStreetMaps recommended several times on Lemmy.
As they say in the update, this is in fact nothing new, and isn’t distracting or detouring in any way.
It’s always existed, and is meant to show you something like gas stations along the way. It’s actually quite helpful, even though it is of course - in a lot of ways - ads. But for businesses i might actually need while driving, so fuck if I mind. And also as said in the update, these only appear briefly, and do not pop up. I’ve seen this before plenty of times, they’re really not intrusive at all.
Pour it with gasoline and light the fire
Why do they have to force me to say omg this is just like nineteen eighty four every fucking day
There is a client for android called magic earth There osm based and have a lot of features (some you really may not need). But they dont track or keep any kind of profile
