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.

  • Scolding0513
    1·
    7 months ago

    yes but the old school business model of selling access to code without giving someone a full on anal probe in the form of data collection is not bad. it’s only because major applicationa became insane spyware that we all had to start screaming about FOSS in the first place.

    Magic Earth is doing a great thing. they are giving you a decently private, “Just Werks” maps experience, while still making money to fund their business, which is necessary to make software that is high grade. if that involves proprietary code, then okay fine.

    They are giving a great experience to the average user, even someone trying to be private or at least degoogled. I see no issue with Magic Earth.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      Magic Earth isn’t private as it sends back data. Even if it was, there is no way of doing they won’t change something in the future.

      I used to use it before Organic maps matured. Now organic maps seems to be the best option. I also use OsmAnd for a while but it is far to unstable and slow plus it takes up a lot of disk space.