Wholesome note passing Comaps to person "List of supported social media platforms: Codeberg, Mastodon, Matrix, Lemmy, Bluesky and Pixelfed.

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[–] 40 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What's this app? I don't recognize it

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Ahh, my UI/icon looks different due to android :p Weirdly no Lemmy option though. Thanks!

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You should have the new logo with the latest update; if you're using F-Droid it'll take a little longer to release, apparently.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    if you're using F-Droid it'll take a little longer to release, apparently.

    Thanks for the info! I was wondering why I couldn't find it on there this morning

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I switched from Google Maps to Organic Maps after trying a bunch of alternatives, didn't know about CoMaps then; but since I learned this is a fork of my favourite big tech alternative i've been postponing installing this. Seems like there are a lot of people positive about it here, so couldn't postpone any longer. It's installing as we speak.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    If you like Organic Maps, you’ll love CoMaps, and the righteous indignation you have every time you use it if you place their icons side by side or make a donation.

    (Organic Maps was promising, but has made shady and unilateral decisions without community input or even notification).

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I still don't get what the functional advantage of comaps would be. Organic maps is pretty good already.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago*

    Organic maps has become shady just during the time when the Russia has started using different ways of forcing Russians abroad into spying for the Russia. Organic Maps is not maintained by Russians, but it is being maintained by Belarusians, and the Russia has been pressing the same things in Belarus as well.

    It is a bit scary that a program that knows your location by GPS is doing shady things, if it's maintained by people who are reasonably likely to deliver some data to Lukashenka and Putin. The timing of them turning shady is very suspicious. It might be there's nothing really bad about OrganicMaps, but I cannot know. I know people who the Russia might be interested in pressuring, so my location could also be of interest for them. Since there's nothing where Comaps is worse than Organic Maps, I preferred to make the switch. That way, I don't need to consider the possibility that my maps program might be leaking my data to the most sinister people on this planet.

    If you get a threat that your family might end up in a very uncomfortable prison for the rest of their lives, in a country where torture is commonplace in prisons, you might very well agree to throw unknown foreign people under the bus. One's own children and parents can easily be more important for someone than I am. And people can do a LOT to protect their loved ones.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I just downloaded it to try it out. I'm missing the options Google Maps gives for routes though. The map app doesn't always know best, so it's better to give a few options imo.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    For public transport i prefer to use HERE, which is owned by a bunch of car companies i believe. Might also be good for navigation by car i wouldn't know. But although i havent found a big difference between Comaps and Organic Maps i'm inclined to continue using it.

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 1 year ago
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    And then there are complete opposites who only communicate via Discord and Github

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I know Lemmy's the main "format", but I wish Mbin was included in stuff like this. Maybe for apps it's redundant and pointless?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And Piefed too! But yeah, it makes sense to only show the software that your instance actually use, in case users have a software compatible with Lemmy and not Mbin and vice-versa (i think Lemmy, Mbin and Piefed are completely compatible, but that could be the case with future software options!)

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    open standards

    bluesky

    🙄

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I’m eagerly waiting for CarPlay support so I can fully switch over. That’s the only reason I still have organic maps.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Where's XMPP ?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Other open source projects or so called “freedom advocates”, take note!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Strange, absolutely can't get F-Droid to show CoMaps, even with direct links 😔

    Search results in F-Droid

    Does F-Droid restrict access to apps based on geolocation? In Scandinavia 🤔

    Link (F-Droid button) from official site

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    No Satellite view. ☹️

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    I know I'll probably get a serve for this, bit I use HERE WeGo maps. I know it's proprietary, I know it still tracks data. But it's not Google, and I always use offline maps and navigation. I just can't get behind the ugly UI of OSM, Organic/CoMaps etc.

    I'm on GrapheneOS so I can setup scopes for network access if it needs permissions — it works without network permission, I just enable it to update maps periodically. It also works with android auto.

    Of course, if you're comfortable with OSM or CoMaps UI then that's the better choice. I'm just sharing my experience.

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