• OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
    133·
    4 months ago

    Hmm.

    Never really looked into it before.

    Now I downloaded it.

    Google’s strategy seems to have backfired, in my case.

  • robocall@lemmy.world
    56·
    4 months ago

    If this story blows up, organic maps is going to get so many more downloads and hopefully contributions.

    • SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      4 months ago

      I have been eyeing this crowd sourced map thing for a week or two. When I read this headline today I learned there was a centralized app for it. I immediately downloaded it.

      • boonhet@lemm.ee
        8·
        4 months ago

        It’s called OpenStreetMap and there are many apps for it! Organic Maps is a good one and I like it for when I go abroad and want to preload an entire country instead of downloading maps on my paltry 33 or whatever gigs of roaming allowance (that also only works in the EU - if I want to visit the US, I get to pay out the ass for 250 MB or 1 GB at a time)

  • istanbullu@lemmy.ml
    541·
    4 months ago

    Yet another reminder that Google is an unreliable company. Install Fdroid tonavoid Google’s mistakes.

  • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eeEnglish
    471·
    4 months ago

    Hopium question: Can Google be sued for this as anti-competitive behavior and fined for “lost revenue”?

    • zecg@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 months ago

      You can install any apk on your phone (even unrooted) and there’s alternative stores such as f-droid, so why?

  • tibi@lemmy.world
    121·
    4 months ago

    I don’t think this was malicious, these app reviews are being done by an overworked and underpaid employee in some third world country. Mistakes are made all the time.

    • w2tpmf@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 months ago

      It was, and was corrected.

      But what is everyone supposed to do with all these pitchforks and torches now?

  • tacofox@lemm.ee
    11·
    4 months ago

    Haven’t heard of Organic Maps before but I just installed from the apple app store for solidarity 🫡

  • t�m@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    4 months ago

    TIL, I never knew this existed. Currently downloading it. Any other suggestions for someone in iOS (openmaps related)?

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      49·
      4 months ago

      That would mean EVERY map app would be in violation since those places exist and are indexed by all of them. Including Google Maps.

      • leanleft@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        You really trust a company(google) who warns users about malware from apks(non-google)… and then hosts plenty of unchecked malware in their own store. Im sick of this shit. I have my own friends distrusting me because of what google is telling them.

    • asudox@lemmy.world
      18·
      4 months ago

      “I love looking at the 3D building of this place. I am about to ejaculate in my pants”

  • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
    6·
    4 months ago

    I have been happily using OsmAnd while traveling outside my coverage area. Anybody have pros or cons of each of these? I just downloaded this one and didn’t really like that it automatically began downloading 250 megabytes of my localish region. In some places that would eat up my entire data package. I would rather it asked.

    • neonred@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 months ago

      You can download maps for offline use just like in OsmAnd. I used OsmAnd before but the UI has become sooo sluggish I switched over to OM