Does Google not currently have an anti trust lawsuit going on? Fine addition of them abusing their quasi monopoly position. But maybe they want to use this as argument “look people could just get it from fdroid” or something like that. IANAL
BTW does removal mean phones with enabled google protect will ask users to uninstall the app? I have this “feature” disabled.
play protect sucks, ye. I think I might just go for f-droid only for my next phone.
I’ll lose tiktok, but whatever
Fuck tiktok
There’s the Aurora Store on F-Droid that lets you install apps from Google’s store without giving any data/account info to Google. Works pretty well!
Oh ye! I used to use that! I don’t remember why I stopped tho
This means I want to install organic maps now
Got it installed! Thank you!
Damn, that means Google sees Organic maps as a threat. It is crazy how good it is.
Solution: don’t install it from the Google Play Store. F-Droid and Obtainium exist.
This is a workaround for tech savvy people, but pretty far from the point here. This move is bad for the community and bad for the app. Play Store brings orders of magnitude more exposure and users
Yeah let’s just hand wave away significant friction to a reputable FLOSS project lol
Android Auto won’t work that way.
I tried f-droid just now but organic maps gives me a 404 when trying to install. Was it removed from there too?
Edit: It looks like it was an issue on my end. F-droid was stuck on v1.17 and couldn’t update so I reinstalled it, and now I received a hundred update notifications from all my apps, and was able to install the organic maps app.
You might have to uninstall first
Your mirror might have problems. In the F-Droid settings → Repositories → F-Droid, you could try deactivating mirrors to see, if it works then.
Well, at least now Google won’t try to update the app I installed through F-Droid.
This 😂
Never heard of it, thank you.
Google just made it more popular
You can get it off of F-droid
On the bright side I had never heard of this app. So thanks I’m checking it out now
It’s probably the best of the free and open source maps. I use it almost every day.
Basically Osmand mini. Simple and not much settings but good enough defaults.
That’s funny I just installed it yesterday but decided to use f-droid instead. Going to be my default going forward.
Any info what the exact problem they had was? Can you search for brothels in that app or what? (I remember you can in OsmAnd)
There’s nothing you can find in open street maps that is not also going to have an equivalent in Google maps. There’s no messaging capability in the app. There aren’t even photos, except if you link it with Wikipedia. I can’t think of a single reason why this would get flagged, even accidentally.
There definitely is data in OSM that isn’t in Google Maps, that is what makes OSM so great! :D
Well some Wikipedia articles could be construed as not appropriate for kids if you’re dead set on removing the app.
I’m thinking of things like Auschwitz or Hiroshima or the Twin Towers where content could be objectionable for children, but also that’s a terrible argument because it’s Wikipedia and it’s a fantastic educational resource.
Wikipedia has images of nude humans in articles about sexuality and genitals, so that would be a possible reason there; not applicable to OSM.
Good point, that too, though that would presumably be harder to find exclusively through the app since I assume the linked articles are primarily about locations / landmarks
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Organic Maps is also available via https://accrescent.app/ which is developed by a GrapheneOS community member and even hosted in the GrapheneOS App Store.
Accrescent is a private and secure Android app store built with modern features in mind. It aims to provide a developer-friendly platform and pleasant user experience while enforcing modern security and privacy practices and offering robust validity guarantees for installed apps.
Accrescent comes from within the GrapheneOS community and we’re collaborating together.
A grapheneos community member is just a random person
A grapheneos community member is just a random person
A random person that is mentioned specifically by the official GrapheneOS account, not to mention that GrapheneOS has said Accrescent is their recommended app store above F-Droid. Maybe Accrescent dev is not a GrapheneOS core dev, but still a step up, with more credibility, than just “a random person.”
True. I pushed them when they published the first build. I like it yet it’s not as open as an app store should be like fdroid or flatpak
Just get it from F-droid and be done with it.
Or “just get it from Accrescent and be done with it?” Are you implying if you get it from Accrescent, you’re somehow not done with it? Sorry, I don’t follow your logic.
Also, no thanks on F-Droid as GrapheneOS recommends against and there are multiple security issues:
F-Droid has far too many security and trust issues for us to recommend it. The vast majority of apps in the official F-Droid repository are built on their sketchy infrastructure and signed with their own keys. We’re concerned about a future mass compromise of F-Droid users.
I literally downloaded this two days ago. Wtf
Likewise, new android user and it’s far easier than OSM in my Vivaldi browser.
Next up: StreetComplete.
Someone still uses Google software? Poor souls…
So, if they make it 18+, they would be fine? (not that this is a solution)
