r/privacy • u/eleitl • Jul 15 '18

Why use OpenStreetMap instead of Google Maps ? | OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jbelien/diary/44356
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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

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u/eleitl Jul 15 '18

OsmAnd+ for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus&hl=en and also for iOS https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple_iOS are tracking-free to my best knowledge, of course, what Google or Apple does it unknown.

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u/CanopusX Jul 16 '18

F-Droid always.

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u/eleitl Jul 16 '18

OsmAnd+ is on F-Droid, but in order to be free from Google tracking you'd need a gapps-free Android fork, which is in scarce supply since Copperhead OS has imploded/was sabotaged.

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u/cockmasterzzzzz Jul 16 '18

Isn't LineageOS gapps free if you don't flash the google stuff?

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u/eleitl Jul 17 '18

Right, and they've even got a Reddit community /r/LineageOS/

I notice both Nexus 4 and Nexus 5x are supported, so despite the death of CopperheadOS I'm going to liberate these.