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I've managed to remove several Google services from my normal use pretty easily. I actually pay for email now. I have to get back into using Open Street Maps, so if anyone knows a good client that would be appreciated!
Sadly, I'm still stuck on an Android phone. I didn't realize it at the time, but the phone I bought isn't supported by LineageOS and the like, so I'm kind of stuck for now.
Osmand is great, especially for hiking its better than google maps. Only disadvantage is that it has almost no businesses listed.
hehe I use it for hiking too. But yeah the lack of addresses and businesses is really unfortunate.
Oh wow! I didn't think to try it for hiking. Thanks for the idea!
Is advertising like this allowed? https://lemmy.ml/post/68669/comment/59066
Seconded. Did a test of OSMAnd and Google Maps (latter on my dad's phone) on a 50km car trip in January, and OSMAnd+ was superior for us in India.
For open street map, Magic Earth is decent, though it is proprietary. They still have a good privacy policy and aren't in the advertising business so its clearly a step up from Google maps.
Thanks! I'll have a look!
Haha! I've always avoided the proprietary OSM clients because it's not 100% FOSS. But you're right! It's still better than Google Maps.
OSMAnd and the fork of MAPS.ME are FLOSS.
However, in the first one, avoid the nonfree complements and services (Mapillary is an example).
Have you tried Organic Maps yet? (I believe this is the "fork of maps.me" referenced in this thread)
You are all amazing!!!
I'm going to try out these suggestions over the next few weeks and put together a post with my experience.
Oof for the last part 😓
I use organic maps and it works really well
Client for the phone or on the desktop? What OS do u use?
For my Android phone. Something with good driving directions preferably.
Looks like a couple good suggestions on this thread. I'll have to give them a try!