Why people don't talk about Google Maps' privacy issues

2 years ago by morrowind to c/privacy

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delirious_owl 25 points 2 years ago

Because we use OsmAnd

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dog_ 0 points 2 years ago

Who in their right mind would charge a subscription fee to download and/or update maps?

Edit: I only found out about this after my father downloaded the app on his phone, and it said he only has 5 downloads remaining before downloading the map for my state. It's extremely dumb for a "privacy focused maps app"

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oddsys 15 points 2 years ago

Only from walled garden app stores, the full unrestricted OSMAnd APK is available for free without restrictions from fdroid

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dog_ -5 points 2 years ago

Not if you have an iphone.

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oddsys 18 points 2 years ago

Thats a known issue with iPhone though. Nothing new added

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dog_ -3 points 2 years ago

That doesn't make it better.

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ArcaneSlime 14 points 2 years ago

Well tell apple to let you sideload apps.

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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 :)

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