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Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (Update) (www.androidauthority.com)

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[–] themarty27@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

OpenStreetMap, and the various clients for it. I personally am a big fan of Organic Maps, fast, responsive and clean. If you happen to be on iOS, I hear Apple Maps is also not as bad as Google, though also not open source.

[–] jherazob@fedia.io 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For my use case of mixed public transportation i don't think there's anything OSM-based that comes even close to GMaps yet (i'd LOVE to be proven wrong here, i'm in the western EU area so lemme know if there's something i can try)

[–] Cuntessera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Apple Maps is really good in that regard if your goal is just escaping Google. Still a Big Tech company, though.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Is there an OSM client that has live traffic info or incorporates live public transport schedules? This has been the only thing keeping me from switching.

[–] themarty27@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

AFAIK OpenStreetMap itself doesn't have live traffic info, and I do not know of any client that has it, sorry :(