Since the #39c3 in December, every first Sunday of the month has been a “Digital Independence Day” for trying out alternatives to dominant/big tech platforms.
If you’re looking to explore alternatives to Google or Apple Maps, why not give CoMaps – or any of the other open source map-applications that are based on data from #OpenStreetMap – a try!
You can learn more about the #DIDay here: https://edri.org/our-work/didit-edri-members-spark-movement-for-alternatives-to-big-tech/
#DIDit
Not weird. I keep my phone on airplane mode unless I’m actively making a phone call, for privacy reasons (here in the USA, cell tower data is sold to anyone with money through data brokers). Using a mobile map app (Google, Bing, HereWeGo, etc.) with location services on would be pretty bad for privacy. I like the fact that CoMaps works even when the location service is off (unless I don’t know where I am and I need the current location) and the airplane mode is on.