They are in a similar controversy to Proton
Then how do you archive a websote?
Here's part 1: https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/53327831
Motorola Signiture 27 rolls out as a flagship phone but with a very high price
(digitalescapetools.com)
He said that you can find the city on the MAP but not when SEARCHING for it on the SEARCH BAR
"Reading ads and paid comments" Ok then your logic says that my post is a paid post or an ad which IT ISN'T. Not EVERY review is sponsored
Organic Maps is less transparent than CoMaps and isn't fully FOSS, even if it's on F-Droid
CoMaps does not let you directly review in the app just yet, however they said they are going to plan on doing it. For now, you can do it in mapcomplete
Hey, I didn't use AI. No need to wprry. Never used AI for anything digital outside of research. Even then, this post only contains human research
CoMaps is a real navigation app. OpenStreetMaps just provides map data
CoMaps is a much better fork of Organic from what I've heard of. Organic maps is less transparent and CoMaps is community-driven
Traffic data being important is quite debated
Why people don't wanna switch from Gmaps (maybe at best a client app):
- Gmaps has a monopoly on the navigation industry because of one thing: Bussness hours and reviews. It has been that way for years, and the only real alternative for this is Vela Maps, which is vibe-coded (or AI-made), until now
Competition arrives
- A new project, called "Mangrove Reviews", has been quietly growing on the scenes and has been doing revoews for the FOSS industry, giving Google Maps SOME sort of competition, even if it's not to the level of straight rivalry
- This service, tho, isn't enough to turn the tides. However, navigation services like MapComplete and CoMaps have been slowly working with them to finally bring convenience for navigation for the more newer or unfamiliar de-googlers
Is this real competition yet?
- We can't know for sure. As stated in the latest CoMaps article (as of Oct 30th 2026), this is very niche. Competition for certain monoloplies have varying levels of success. Godot has succeeded on rivaling other game engines like Unreal or Unity, while attempts at YouTube altermatives like PeerTube only moderately succeeded. Mangrove Reviews, as far as I can tell, seems to be a very new project, so we can't know for sure. We just gptta hope they succeed
Links and sources:
Info source:
- LemmyPost: https://vger.to/sopuli.xyz/post/53882964
- Article: https://www.comaps.app/news/2026-10-27/place-reviews/
CoMaps download:
- F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/app.comaps.fdroid/
- IzzyOnDroid: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/app.comaps
- Source code: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps
- Website: https://www.comaps.app/
MapComplete:
- F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mapcomplete/
- Website: https://mapcomplete.org/
Mangrove:
- Website: https://mangrove.reviews/
Just watching some YouTube on my tablet and this is the second time AI has appeared by default. I hate Google
I've switched to Lemmy for about 4 days now. Here's my opinion on the platform:
Is it good?
Yes. I found many common communities I follow, such as Degoogling, open source, Linux, self-hosting, history, maps, space, Minecraft, etc etc. Many of the more obscure communities are a bit off-limits, tho, like Polandball or alternate history. I was able to find more underrated Degoogling things on this platform more than on Reddit, which is a huge plus
What caveats do I have on this platform?
Again, obscure communities are a bit off-limits, and while I was able to find SOME, most were non-existant. Other than that, I haven't encountered any other issues other than not being able to create a community
How's the universal community?
They are really helpful. At times even moreso then on Reddit. Again, I found more obscure and underrated things on this platform than I do on Reddit
Is this viable for casual people and would I reccomend it?
If they don't care about the specifics, then sure, this is a viable option. But if they follow obscure communities and care about the specifics, they would have to push through. I so far did, and it's a great experience so far. Would I RECCOMEND it, tho? Yes, I would. Again, tho, it depends on wether you care about obscure communities or the specifics
Conclusion
Lemmy is, so far, great for my experience. The communities are good, the platform is good, and overall it feels fresh that I don't have to be tracked by a centralized platform at all times to fuel their greed. I love the idea of it. I just don't think I'm gonna ever switch fully to it, however decentralized Reddit frontends like Redlib help with me viewing the obscue communities I follow without having to use ths proprietary platform directly
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