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Basically, what the title says. Do you use any app, that is proprietary, but either has no OSS alternatives or they're all not good enough? If there is an alternative, what keeps you from switching?

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[-] SaveMotherEarthEDF@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

There are so many. By usage however:

Smart Audiobook Player: None of the apps I tried had all the features in one, like reading my complex audiobooks folder structure and auto grouping the books based on that. Timer to pause audiobook that is automatically reset by moving the phone.

Maps: No foss solutions work better where I live than GMaps

YTMusic: So this is a tough one to beat because of the nature of the platform itself.

Notes: I am looking for a P2P syncable note app that can also have a web interface or atleast a Linux version of the App. Allows drawing your notes on an android phone or tablet using stylus, and other usual features. Can also use cloud storage as a backup or sync source. I know this one is a really tall order.

[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

OSMAnd works really well. For YTMusic, you can instead pick LibreTube and use it in music player mode.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

OSMand is amazing for the most part but trying to locate a business is next to impossible. Then if you do, the store hours are either not there or incorrect. I'm trying real hard to make it my primary map app but too often I find myself having to open google maps in the end.

Edit: They also combined Caravan POI's with Tourist destinations, which really really fucked things up for people wanting to just see those and not thousands of other locations they want nothing to do with. Why are churches also mixed in there too? Makes no damn sense.

[-] chebra@mstdn.io 0 points 1 month ago

@Sir_Kevin Have you ever corrected the incorrect store hours?

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

Not while driving a 30 foot RV in the middle of the night, no.

[-] chebra@mstdn.io 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

Yes you're missing the point. If I'm on the freeway in the middle of the night and take an exit to some town I've never been to only to find out the location is closed the app has failed. I needed accurate information in that moment. Not years later when the community gets around to correcting the hours. I absolutely need to be able to depend on the data the app is presenting. If I can't I'm not going on a crusade to fix all the errors, I'm using a different app.

[-] chebra@mstdn.io 0 points 1 month ago

@Sir_Kevin I never said "Have you ever corrected the store hours while driving off a highway in another city" - obviously that would be a stupid question, don't assume I'm stupid. I asked if you ever came back home, rested in front of Netflix and opened the app to update the store hours that you noticed during the day - because that's the only way they will be updated, and if you aren't doing it, then somebody will have to do it for you, so you owe them.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I fucking owe them??? They presented me with wrong info and wasted my time, fuel and stress. I don't owe anyone shit! Make a good product and I will gladly pay for it. Send me off to a dead end, I owe nothing. What kind of stupid ass logic is that? Fuck out of here. That argument is fine if we're talking about a video game or some shit. What if we were trying to find a hospital?

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