Organic Maps (@organicmaps@fosstodon.org)
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Attached: 1 image Last night Organic Maps was removed from the Play Store without any warnings or additional details due to "not meeting the requirements for the Family Program". Compared to Google Maps and other maps apps rated for 3+ age, there are no ads or in-app purchases, and no user information is collected in Organic Maps. We have asked for an appeal. As a temporary workaround you can install the upcoming Google Play update from this link: https://cdn.organicmaps.app/apk/OrganicMaps-24081605-GooglePlay.apk This APK should work with Android Auto.
  • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
    732·
    3 months ago

    It was shared on the fediverse 2 days ago. Now, we get this. I don’t want to assume malice, but something seems fishy.

    Fortunately, it’s still available on fdroid. This is one of the reasons you should get your apps from fdroid instead of play store.

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      25·
      3 months ago

      Absolutely. Fdroid is awesome.

      I hate the fact that there’s no simple, free, ad-free note-taking app either inbuilt or on the app store. Just something simple and local to take a quick shopping list or a name or something like that. Fdroid has me covered for that.

    • pop@lemmy.mlEnglish
      61·
      3 months ago

      This is one of the reasons you should get your apps from fdroid instead of play store.

      yes, but getting updates weeks later isn’t for everyone.

        • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
          31·
          3 months ago

          Downloading from github defeats the whole point of getting free software. Fdroid builds are guaranteed to not include any non-free components. The same is not true for github builds.

          • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            3 months ago

            It’s still a better option than using the Play store if you really need a newer build, but yeah, not my first choice.

      • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        Yeah, updates can be a tad slow. For fast moving apps like newpipe its understandable. For regular apps it should be fine.

    • kraynyan@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      12·
      3 months ago

      I’ve been using it for a good while and it’s solid! I just wish I could integrate traffic updates, somehow

      • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Possibly the app you are looking for is Magic Earth. It uses OSM map data, but includes optional live traffic

    • COASTER1921@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Same, but lack of public transit support in my city is a dealbreaker. And although it’s better for servers and privacy, needing to download the map for any city you would otherwise quickly browse the map of is annoying.

      • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Serious question: in what way did maps.me get shitty? I’ve been using it for years as a gps replacement and other than being closed source and having a paid tier found no issue with it ( or at least no extra issues compared to other OSM apps )

  • dmtalon@infosec.pubEnglish
    181·
    3 months ago

    So, why is organic maps hidden with the default anti features of f-droid? Which of these that have allowed my other installs does organic maps not comply with?

    None of these look like something I’d want to turn off!

  • HarriPotero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    I haven’t heard of it before, but if Google bans it they must be doing something right.

    I’ll check it out.

  • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
    15·
    3 months ago

    Am I crazy? I’m not seeing “Organic Maps” on Fdroid at all. Do I need to add a specific repo?

    Edit: Okay yes. I had to include ‘other antifeatures’ which it did warn me about. I hadn’t adjusted that setting beyond the default and assumed I didn’t need to go enable those things.

  • mrddu3at2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    I didn’t know about Organic Maps so I installed it for the first time. I registered to openstreetmaps and added 5 places. This is great 😸

    • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Also check out StreetComplete! It’s an app that gamifies adding information to OSM

    • potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.idEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, it’s great to help contribute like that, I live in a really small town so the map was quite out of date, so I patched it up. OSM is slowly becoming a legitimate competitor with Google Maps and Apple Maps in terms of data quality and Google is cowering in fear that a libre, ad-free app will be far better than their closed-source, ad-infested, data-selling app.

      • mrddu3at2@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        I’m fed up with Google (& other huge companies) so I’m totally with openstreetmaps! I’ll add more info a little by little. Thanks for your contributions!

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    I recently started a trek to de-googleify it’s going to be a long road.

    I pulled down all the big free map contenders.

    They’ll all, without a doubt, will get me to the grocery store down the road.

    They’re all pretty decent at obeying one-way streets and u-turn limits.

    More mixed results on business hours.

    Most of them start having trouble on really long distance trips.

    Many are missing creature comforts like multi-stop planning, I’m not sure which if any support dynamic remapping due to traffic.

    The ones I were playing with did not provide me lane guidance on which lanes go left and right.

    If Google maps and Waze stopped working tomorrow I could still use most of the free-ish street map variants, but I would miss a lot of features.

  • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    As always, fuck them. But too bad local OSM is basically unusable. I contribed a lot until I finally gave up. Meanwhile domestic proprietary map is basically killing off competition, including Google Maps.

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zoneEnglish
    51·
    3 months ago

    Wow, I must have just snuck my install in…

    Presumably this removal was accidental right?