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Are there no fully working map apps besides gmaps? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by Ginger666@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Old post is here: https://lemmy.world/post/14437575

Both OSM and Organic Maps are SEVERELY lacking in businesses. So many places aren't in the directory.

You search for fast food and only a couple pop up. Search for s fancy steakhouse by name, nothing. It shows about half of the weed dispensaries in my area...

Is there a way to update the "phonebook"?

Has shitgle been spending money trying to make all other maps unusable? It sure fuckin seems like it.

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[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Agreed. Not FOSS though :(
Decent privacy policy.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

Why do they need access to your phone, microphone, and contacts?

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Yes, but as you say, they have a good privacy policy. Also their revenue model backs up their privacy policy, and I find their reasoning as to why they aren't FOSS fair:

Will Magic Earth be Open Source?

No; since it is also used commercially (we have a paid Magic Earth SDK for business partners), we cannot make the code public.

(from the FAQ)

[–] kabi@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's just saying "we want to sell access to our code, so we can't make it open source". Basically the definition of proprietary software, no?

[–] huginn@feddit.it 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yes? Nobody was claiming they weren't proprietary.

[–] kabi@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

My point was that it's not so much "fair reasoning" as just a statement of that fact.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Yes, but people were claiming they had a good reason not to be FOSS. They could have easily just not mentioned it at all but instead they name a reason that isn't an issue for many others.

[–] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

That's a weird reasoning, as I can find plenty of FOSS that has paid "business" editions