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LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt’s really not. Not usable ones. I’ve tried so many open map Alternatives and they suck. Wildly outdated, streets that don’t exist anymore, streets that do exist not on the map, nonsensical directions, extremely poor voice navigation directions, not knowing about tons of addresses so even if I just give it the raw address it still can’t find it and I have to basically go find the address on Google and then manually place a pain in the open map.
I’m not even in a weird place, this is just around Washington State mostly between Everett and Tacoma. The answer I always get is oh well if you see something wrong submit a correction, if I had the time to sit there and build Maps I would just build my own God damn map.
suction@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Have you tried the navigation apps by the old school navigation unit brands ( TomTom, Garmin etc.)
Unless you can’t spend on this thing you “desperately” need to replace, those are better for navigation than any map app.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Let me rephrase, I’m desperate for a more open, not garden locked solution. Paying for Garmin and tomtom is just paying for a different corporation locked solution.
It’s the same way I’m desperate for a replacement for Plex. But the closest thing, jellyfin, is terrible. It fails to match media, fails to play back certain files, and a bunch of other issues that Plex just does not have. Despite that I have donated to the project, I want to get away from plex and support something open. I want to get away from Google and support something open. But I need to be able to have a minimum amount of functionality.
suction@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s how I know you’re really young, you spend brain cycles and time to wish for something that doesn’t exist instead of simply accepting there is no better solution right now, and make the best of what you have. I feel silly for trying to engage with you. It’s the same idiotic way of thought that the “I won’t go vote against fascism, because I wish there was a better democratic candidate”. Despicably silly. Sorry.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yo chill dude, I’m 32. I’m allowed to want something that doesn’t exist, I’m literally the one that said it doesn’t exist. And I do accept there’s no better solution, that was the point of my original message. There is no alternative to Google Maps. Sure I could go get TomTom or Garmin but then I’m just paying for an equivalent Google Maps experience. Which would just be me spending money for no reason, I have had a Garmin in the past it’s a good GPS but I wouldn’t say it’s better than Google Maps so I don’t feel it’s worth the money.
It’s also just another closed Garden system that has many of the same problems as Google Maps that I’m trying to get away from. Just because I have a desire for something better does not make me a child.