“WhatsApp doesn’t collect your data!”

(because everything else they own does)

You should do this with the Lorem Ipsum text lol

People who don’t know might think it’s some based quote from a Caesar or something

Thanks, that’s…interesting. He doesn’t seem like the type to find and try obscure apps for fun

I’m out of the loop what’s going on?

Lawyers Guns and Money intensifies

Okay so you want to use the online maps instead?

If that is the question I use Microsoft Earth as an underlay with the offline map. The slider can change the transparency as needed. It looks like this

This setup relies on the offline map data which is a downside for you. But I think you can do something similar with an online map tile overlay and sat underlay and not show offline data

Edit: I played around and you can make that work with online maps too. I used Microsoft Earth as an underlay and Cycle OSM as the primary map. This is what it looks like and the settings

Have you considered the Organic Maps app?

OSMand can be configured to do a lot of cool things and I use it a lot. But honestly if you don’t need all the bells and whistles OrganicMaps is a lot smoother to use by comparison

For most people Organic Maps is the move.

I love OSMand and it has become my digital pin board of places I’ve been to over the years. It can do a lot (for example I have a preset with sat imagery and a transparent topo map overlay for hiking) but it can be clunky, and a lot of cool stuff is hard to find and change in the menus.

I think it would be interesting as hell if they had to cite where the data was from on request. See if it’s legitimate sources or just what a reddit user said five years ago

I guess that’s what the alts are for

Good, glad it’s getting some main stream attention. If more people start taking advantage of these settings and alternatives it’s going to hurt Meta’s bottom line eventually

No prob, added!

If you link the note I can add it

The maps are pretty good (at least in my area)

For the unfamiliar that’s another cool thing about using OSM data. If some of your favorite places are missing from the map you can just add it!

There’s several ways to do it but if you have a laptop the easiest way is to use the editor on openstreetmap.org. They have a quick and easy interactive tutorial to show you the ropes and then you are free to add what you feel is important!

If you are trying to minimize google maps use Organic Maps is the way to go imo. Fast loading, simple slick interface with minimal fuss. It’s a beautiful thing!

OSMand is not nearly as slick and polished and is kind of clunky by comparison. That is because it isn’t trying to be like Google maps at all. It runs fine straight from the app store but the real beauty of it is the tinkering it allows. You can make multiple map presets fine tuned the way you like it. It’s the midpoint between Organic Maps and ATAK

We are neighbors! I’m at 1342!!! (jk)

(does anyone remember the subr*ddit where everyone pretends to be in the same town?)

Large corporations like google have grown and thrived in Silicon Valley, supported by the politicians of California. So by extension they are partially responsible for enabling these companies to be the giants they are.

According to this article Google has funded 40 elected officials and spent $10.7 million in lobbying California’s legislature and Governor this year alone.

If a president (even a shitty one) was considering putting a damper on companies like google, I would not be against that. We’ll see if anything actually happens.

I’m not ditching Proton over one fucking tweet

Meshtastic is cool I wish there were more public users around me.

you joke but even the FBI encourages vpn use

I’m glad their app is getting traction. I wish all map apps that use OpenStreetMap data loaded this fast (cough cough OSMand)