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this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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at this point I'm not sure how any sane person can have trust in a Google product. Things get killed left, right and centre ๐ชฆ
Bro whyyyyyyyyyyyy
Genuinely surprised they let it live this long. I expected when they acquired Waze that they would gut and dump.
I'm sad for this move, but tbh I use Google maps more than Waze.
The main thing I love about Waze which Apple Maps and Google don't have is the ability to have the always on speed limit.
I know Google shows the speed limit sometimes when navigating, I just liked Waze better because I can have it always on.
damn, rip Waze ๐ฅฒ never really used it but could see the value
Well, there goes my little Halo Warthog as me on my screen. :( Wish there was an app I can just customize that shit how I want.
Is there a decent open source alternative for navigation?
osmand - https://osmand.net/ - is open source, their plus app that has more features and android auto support is paid on the play store though.
Can recommend Organic Maps, works great. Its Open Source and with OSM data. But its offline only so you need a lot of free storage space and don't get stuff like live traffic infos, ratings etc.
I've been trying them out. Its pretty good and has a decent OSM editor built in. My main wishes for it would be better integration with ORS routing and some sort of social mapping (ideally federated on ActivityPub using Place objects and notes) for stuff that is not long lasting enough for OSM (for example Waze like traffic and obstacle reporting) as well as discussions for OSM objects since there really isn't a good place for that either.
completely open source, no