We’re reaching the end of an era wherein billions of dollars of investor money was shovelled into tech startups to build large user-bases, and now those companies (now monoliths) are beginning to constrict their user-bases and squeeze for every single penny they can possibly extract. Fair or not.

Now more than ever, it’s important for us to step back and reconsider whether we want to be billboards for these companies anymore.

For anyone unfamiliar, some good resources to have when starting your degoogling journey are below:

Privacy Guides - A list of privacy-respecting services you can use.

Plexus - A crowdsourced information bank of service compatibility with degoogled devices.

This random PDF - A study from 2018 detailing data that Google tracks about its’ users.

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    OSMAnd, a great app with tons of features and my go-to app when traveling because you can download offline maps

    This is one of the main things that brought me to OSMAnd! The journey duration prediction for cycling and walking is spot on too.

    I’ve since customised the crap out of its separate walking, cycling, and driving modes…

    • Cycling mode will show everything nice and big, highlight supermarkets and cafes on the map, and show a mini bike computer-like interface in the top right
    • Walking mode shows everything in a compact format with extensive detail
    • Driving mode’s been left as-is because it’s perfectly fine

    Love it so far.