I’m limiting my Google usage to the best of my ability. Monopolies always lead to a huge decrease in quality as shown by the likes of Reddit and so on. I will appreciate the help. I solely walk or use public transport if that matters. And I live in Germany. :)
I like OpenStreetMap, there are a few clients on F Droid
unfortunately (and understandably) no option to my knowledge has traffic information, so I stick with Waze/GMaps, even though I’d like to choose a FOSS alternative.
I’ve been slowly switching away from google products the past year or so. Switched from chrome to firefox, and google search to duckduckgo, but maps is one I couldn’t give up. It’s just better than all other competitors IMO.
https://organicmaps.app uses Open Street Map data, and I prefer its UI over OsmAnd
If you’re feeling adventurous, you can also contribute to OSM mapping with something like https://streetcomplete.app :)
Yeah OsmAnd~ has a lot of cool features like path tracking, and I find when I’m out hiking or in a park it has more accurate and available trail information than google does(though it’s still not perfect and still more of a supplement). Navigating isnt quite as good as google because of a lack of traffic data, and it’s ui is a little complex, but it works fully off line.
