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My Process in privacy(open for suggestions) (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Note: This setup is both for my android and pc Edit: For those recommending paid services and selfhosting, I don't have the money nor resources for either. Also it seams some people are confusing my android setup with my PC setup so I'll write it down. Android: Brave(movies) + Ironfox, Search: Brave + DDG, VPN: Proton ( not always on), GPay = Cash, Auth= Aegis Auth, Pass: KeepassDX, PC: Firefox= Librewolf, VPN = No VPN (VERY slow internet), Search: Searxng + DDG, Pass: KeepassXC,

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[–] 18 points 4 months ago (17 children)

How about OsmAnd? Is that still a decent project without world domination plans? I actually have CoMaps as well, but have sort of stuck to using OsmAnd.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago* (8 children)

    Yeah, OsmAnd is really good; it's what I use as my daily driver. CoMaps/Organic to me feel too limited, but some people may like that.

    (I use Vespucci for editing on Android.)

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Its installed in my android head unit in my car, and it just works, and there's a lot (and I mean a lot) of stuff it can do, so I really enjoy it as my daily driver (ha! Get it?) in my car.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (5 children)

    Except OsmAnd hiding functionality behind a cloud with paywall.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Try the OsmAnd open-source version, which has all the OsmAnd+ features unlocked for free: https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    So this version gets all the paid cloud features, too?

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I think OsmAnd is great, but I personally prefer the cleaner feel of CoMaps. Just preference.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Something I'd suggest if OsmAnd feels too cluttered for you is to change the settings; OsmAnd lets you change a lot, but one of the ones I do is to change "Map Style" to Osm-Carto.

    Carto, for context, is the vector map that you'd find by going to the OSM website. Much cleaner color scheme, imo.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    My problem with OsmAnd is that it's so very slow. Like, you zoom in and it takes seconds to display the map.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    "Takes seconds" seems like a strange experience. I remember OsmAnd years ago performed like that for me – clearly, painfully loading in the individual tiles. But nowdays, it smoothly transitions between LoD and has no problem smoothly scrubbing over e.g. a major city.

    I'm using offline vector maps, for context.

    Edit: Trying online tiles again, I'm assuming your problem can be resolved by switching to offline. You can have the offline data update automatically such that you don't have to worry about it. CoMaps and Organic only use offline maps, which is why they're similarly snappy to offline OsmAnd.

    This is under Configure Map > Map Source, and you only need to download for the region (usually e.g. a province) that you're using.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Not everyone uses a powerful smartphone.
    «Works for me» is seldom a good advice. OsmAnd is perfect on my Google Pixel 4a (2020), but can't run decently on my father's Sony Xperia L3 (2019).

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago*

    «Works for me» is seldom a good advice.

    That wasn't the advice; the advice was "try offline tiles and see if that helps." In their case, it didn't, but it's just covering arguably the most likely potential cause. The fact it wasn't their problem doesn't mean it wasn't worth asking.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Sadly that's not it, I was using offline maps.

    I'm not entirely sure what's the exact issue, but it only really occurs when trying to change LoD quickly. E.g. clicking on an inter-city bus route and zooming out to see it in its entirety or zooming back in. From 10 km to 500 m can take 3-4 seconds which is enough to feel sluggish if you're doing it often.

    Probably not the most popular use case but it can get frustrating after a while nonetheless

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