Since the developers of Magic Earth decided to pull a bait-and-switch with their latest update, locking the automatic dashcam function behind a perpetual 15$/year paywall, I need a new alternative that ideally also supports automatic dashcam recording while navigating. Does anybody have a good recommendation?

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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Just get a separate dashcam and use CoMaps for navigation. Cheap dashcams aren't very expensive.

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    [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    I use HereWeGo

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I think that the new version is missing the dashcam option. At least I'm not able to find it, even I paid for the subscription.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I looked around a little bit and found a couple dashcam projects. This one looks the most promising.

    https://github.com/Myzel394/Alibi

    Alternatively, are you able to downgrade Magic Earth by installing an older version of the APK?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    The Viofo A119 is a good cheap dash cam.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It was also asking for a subscription to use android auto. Never uninstalled an app so fast.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Also just to have voice navigation :/

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Oh man i was so disapointed when this update came. Has some one tried to fix this with luckypatcher or something?

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    So... Don't upgrade the app? Should I not upgrade? 

    Shit I'm already on the new version. Can I downgrade?

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Just uninstall it and download version 2025122009 from aurora store, three dots up right in the app "manual download".

    Also blacklist the app to prevent it from updating.

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