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[โ€“] Downscaled_Doom@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I choose more conciously local products in my everyday life, but the the biggest impact was digitally - i completely quit amazon, facebook, google and reddit, and slowly switched to european alternatives. Next step is completely leaving meta (still need to use insta and whatsapp rn). It is a slow process, but deleting my google account after years was scary, yet very rewarding. Thanks to this communities it is actually quite easy now! I am still Looking for a proper google maps alternative through, but i am optimistic that the current alternatives are getting there soon.

[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

About the alternatives to Google Maps...

Navigation apps are a dime a dozen nowadays, and it really all depends on what you want to get out of it.

In order:

Organic Maps

It uses OpenStreetMaps, which are waaay better than GMaps with finding the nice things of life that are not paid. Such as trails (if you're in hiking) finding a water fountain in an airport, a public toilet in a town... But no traffic info whatsoever. It's 100% offline.

Magic Earth

Very good driving and general Navigation app, very pricacy friendly, has crowsdourced traffic information, IIRC you can opt out of contributing if you want (they only keep your data for a couple hours anyway). It'll get you to where you want to have dinner, but won't help you choose where.

HereWeGo

A bit more tracking but still Dutch, so not too bad. Has crowdsourced traffic info, and integrates TripAdvisor scores for restaurants. It's the only alternative I've found with some degree of reviews.

[โ€“] pewgar_temp@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i've heard organic maps is from estonia

[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Are we really doing the whole "this community based project producing privacy friendly 100% offline app is from country X"?

By the look of it the original devs are from Belarus, and are now living elsewhere, including at least one in Switzerland.

So what?

[โ€“] pewgar_temp@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago

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[โ€“] darko@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago
[โ€“] lazycog@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Happy to hear! And I have similar experiences. Digital clean-up was the most visible part of my journey to go european.

Also you are right: this community has really helped me too. It's also awesome to have a community where everyone shares the same struggles as well and I love personal posts here that ask or tell about their experiences, recent finds, and so on!

got carried away with my text a little! These changes changed my online shopping completely and I am very happy about it!