Comment on Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives

• GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a balance between principles and practicality and for a lot of people it just hasn’t tipped yet. I’m kind of in that boat myself.

  On principle, I’d like to eliminate Google from my life entirely.

  In practice, there is no good alternative to Google Maps. I’ve tried a bunch of OSM-based apps and they’re just not there yet. So I use Google Maps. Not happy about it, but I still use it.

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  • shortwavesurfer@monero.town ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I use osmand in conjunction with gps-coordinates.net so I can get the GPS coordinates of addresses to put into osmand since it has a serious lack of addresses

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    • h3ndrik@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Open street map data is created by volunteers. Where I live, you can practically put in any adress and OsmAnd will know the small shed behind that house, too.

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      • shortwavesurfer@monero.town ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I highly suspect it’s a lack of contributors since I live in a small city in the United States (~50k population).

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  • hperrin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Apple Maps is a good alternative if you have an iPhone. Apple may not be a whole lot better, but at least they aren’t an advertising company.

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    • ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How sad it is when “at least they aren’t an advertising company” is one of the better alternatives!

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  • sadreality@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep. And YouTube on teevee, just got to pay for it. I can't suffer these ads.

    No real replacement as of now for either.

    Imagine paying and they are still mining you.

    Wtf sort of dystopian bullshit time line is this.

    Stop using them for everything else.

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    • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ironically I found the best way to watch YouTube on the TV was to pay Google for a “Chromecast with Android TV” (or whatever it’s called) and install SmartTube on it. I could have spent a while tinkering around with my Raspberry Pi to create some custom solution and given Google no money, but this cost less than 2 months of YouTube premium and now I’ve got a device I can do whatever with.

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      • sadreality@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Didn't realize that was possible now you ate running on google controlled device...

        I cant swallow that.

        Hate paying them too tho

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  • TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I just switched to Petal Maps, though it doesn’t warn me if a place is closing soon.

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    • Nusm@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d like to give Petal Maps a serious try, but for some reason it doesn’t work with CarPlay. So it’s a no-go for me.

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• LWD@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, at least you know how to approach the people who complain about Meta and Google.

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