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I'm sick of using google maps, they started putting gigantic ads for stores on the map and I'm tired of them tracking me. So I ask you Lemmy, what should I switch to?!

EDIT: Was not expecting so many replies, thank you Lemmy! I am checking out Open Street Maps currently thanks for the recommendations!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Including all maps and features?

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

yeah, OsmAnd is open source, so someone else built it to be released on fdroid, and the original developers have said that they don't have a problem with that I think as long as they don't release it on Play/try to sell it

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

i found this out after reading through osmand documentation and seeing a bunch of features marked as premium that I DEFINITELY hadn't paid for, and trying to figure out what happened lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It does lack a few features though, as they rely on proprietary software/libraries. Android Auto for instace, as well as ANT+ for connecting sensors. At least for those features you need the Google Play version.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

ah that makes sense