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• IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  My first GPS came with a cigarette lighter plug.

  My next one came with a USB cable along with a cigarette lighter to USB adapter.

  I think most these days now come with a USB cable but no adapter.

  I’m now starting to see some devices come with USB-C cables.

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  • el_abuelo@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You’re still buying GPS devices? What’s wrong with your phone?

    Not judging - genuinely curious why some people buy them.

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    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Bought my first one probably 20 years ago at this point.

      Bought my second one probably 10 years ago when traveling abroad and it was more reliable and cheaper to have offline maps of the countries I was going to.

      We like to travel to places that often have spotty cellular coverage, if at all.

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      • el_abuelo@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Ah okay, I don’t go to places with spotty coverage all that often…and when I do I just download that part of Google maps onto my phone and it works just fine. And by “that part” I mean a significant part of my country! Small world here in Europe I guess.

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