[smc-discuss] [fosscomm] [X post] One more step close to complete freedom, removed google apps from my phone

Manu Krishnan T V tvmanukrishnan at gmail.com
Sat Oct 10 11:17:55 PDT 2015


Another good map application for android is maps.me. It also uses osm, but has better offline search and easy to use interface. It seems to use apache licensing, but not available on f-droid.

Osmand has lots of features, but its offline location search needs lot of improvement.

On October 10, 2015 7:36:22 PM GMT+05:30, Ashik Salahudeen <aashiks at aashiks.in> wrote:
>I've used Osmand (it is available in F Droid), and it serves most
>needs.
>Plus you can use it to map as well.
>On Oct 10, 2015 3:51 PM, "kk" <krmane at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Saturday 10 October 2015 12:44 PM, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>>
>> Yes, that is one google service, I have not been able to leave
>behind.
>> That makes it even more important to contribute to open streetmap.
>>
>> Indeed Pravin, you are right here.
>> Not to forget that while we use google maps our location is probably
>> traced and perhaps even stored for police or other authorities to
>make use
>> of.
>> Happy hacking.
>> Krishnakant.
>>
>> On 2015, ഒക്‌ടോബർ 10 12:35:36 PM IST, kk <krmane at gmail.com>
>> <krmane at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> What about google maps?
>>> I don't see a totally free (as in freedom ) app available to match
>it so
>>> far?
>>> Happy hacking.Krishnakant.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday 10 October 2015 10:09 AM, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>>>
>>> I have moved away from google and I strongly recommend all of you to
>do
>>> the same. It is mostly a psychological barrier. The features we miss
>can be
>>> added to Free Software collectively, but loss of privacy can never
>be
>>> compensated.
>>>
>>> Privacy is a human right and everyone deserves privacy.
>>>
>>> 1. I use duckduckgo.com for search
>>> ixquick.com is another option
>>>
>>> 2. I never signed up for google plus (or twitter). I deleted
>Facebook
>>> account and WhatsApp. I use diaspora, xmpp and kontalk
>>>
>>> I'm part of the team that runs poddery.com and diasp.in
>(diaspora+xmpp).
>>> You are invited to register and start enjoying freedom (poddery.com
>is
>>> full, but we have space on diasp.in). There is also many public pods
>>> listed at podupti.me
>>>
>>> Use conversations + kontalk for messaging. I hope to be able to make
>both
>>> of them interoperable soon. Let me know if you want to help.
>>>
>>> 3. I moved to autistici.org for email. This was the hardest. You
>have
>>> options of using many community run email services. disroot.org,
>>> openmailbox.org (also provide many other services like xmpp and
>>> owncloud) or riseup.net
>>>
>>> 4. I use cloud.libreinfra.org for address book sync (its run by a
>group
>>> of friends sharing a vps).
>>>
>>> 5. I flashedd my yu yuphoria phone and installed cyanogen mod
>without
>>> google apps. No google play, I use only fdroid.
>>>
>>> 6. I use k9 mail + open keychain for gpg
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