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Why people don't talk about Google Maps' privacy issues(www.youtube.com)

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Title is editorialized because the original is, frankly, clickbait garbage

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Dog@lemmy.world
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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@lemmy.world
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Only from walled garden app stores, the full unrestricted OSMAnd APK is available for free without restrictions from fdroid

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Dog@lemmy.world
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Not if you have an iphone.

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oddsys@lemmy.world
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Thats a known issue with iPhone though. Nothing new added

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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Because development is not free

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Dog@lemmy.world
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But isn’t it open sourced? Can’t they have like a buymeacoffee? Not lock the most important feature behind a paywall?

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kudos@lemmy.ml
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It’s not locked, build it yourself or download the apk from fdroid. If that is too complicated for you (or anyone else), maybe pay for the service being provided then?

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delirious_owl@discuss.online
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If you really want to you can just download them outside the app for free. I like that it provides a free option for those with more time than money and a paid option for those with more money than time.

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