submitted 4 months ago by BallShapedMan@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

14 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Howdy privacy experts,

I'm trying to de-google myself, what are your thoughts on HERE We Go? I have OsmAnd which I love for hiking and so on but it doesn't offer traffic altered directions since it can't look at overlays for routing.

I know HERE We Go is owned by car companies but it seems to be the best I can do, thoughts?

all 15 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago

Exodus report on Here we go

(Exodus is what Aurora store use)

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you!

[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They will downgrade it anytime and we can't stop them, anti-libre software.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Magic earth is best for privacy.

Here has horrible map info. I'd never use here.

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

This is what I was hoping to learn! Nobody on any search recommended Magic Earth.

Thank you kind human!

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

And as you said, osmand for hiking and biking and adding a poi here and there. Thanks for using osm 👍🏼

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

You're welcome...? It's a great app, I do the yearly subscription thing hoping to help fund the development. I look forward to the day when I can use it for everything!

[-] TheSun@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I used to really like it back in the Nokia 820 days when Nokia still owned it. Had really advanced features like AR POI's and stuff way ahead of its time. I just assumed they are collecting and selling ALL your data now that car companies own it since thats what all car companies do using the infotainment, why wouldnt they in their own navigation software too?

Edit: forgot to mention what I use now, combo of OSMand~, organic maps, and when I cant find an address or POI on either of those, Apple maps through duckduckgo's maps portal, and try to add it to OSM

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Thank you!

[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No real difference, when it still fails to include a libre software license text file, software we don't control. Surely there are easier privacy goals to go finish first.

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

no one commented about organicMaps 🤔

and alpiMaps for hiking

[-] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

I've been using Organic Maps a lot recently but I don't drive so can't comment on how good it is at that.

[-] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

privacy experts

lol

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024

27 points (90.9% liked)

Privacy

31995 readers

942 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

Chat rooms

[Matrix/Element]Dead
Discord

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS