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CoMaps @ #DIDay (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz
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Since the #39c3 in December, every first Sunday of the month has been a "Digital Independence Day" for trying out alternatives to dominant/big tech platforms.

If you're looking to explore alternatives to Google or Apple Maps, why not give CoMaps – or any of the other open source map-applications that are based on data from #OpenStreetMap – a try!

You can learn more about the #DIDay here: https://edri.org/our-work/didit-edri-members-spark-movement-for-alternatives-to-big-tech/

#DIDit

a sharepic showing a black and white photo of a broken chain, with the text comaps @ #didit digital independence day overlayed next to a colorful CoMaps screenshots showing robben island (one of the locations suggested in a former social media campaign for places that would make good screenshots)
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[–] 1 point 8 months ago

Not weird. I keep my phone on airplane mode unless I'm actively making a phone call, for privacy reasons (here in the USA, cell tower data is sold to anyone with money through data brokers). Using a mobile map app (Google, Bing, HereWeGo, etc.) with location services on would be pretty bad for privacy. I like the fact that CoMaps works even when the location service is off (unless I don't know where I am and I need the current location) and the airplane mode is on.

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