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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by gpvos on Friday December 21, 2018 @05:36AM (#18732526)
Well, I'm in my late 40s and I avoid Google Maps like the plague. Osmand or other off-line navigation apps are really easy to use nowadays. Also, I'm still not happy that my phone is leaking my location through GSM.
Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by krageon on Friday December 21, 2018 @05:45AM (#18732563)
Easy to use, but heavy if you travel a lot (the maps are big). Also it doesn't offer anything in the way of alternative routing for traffic jams/road repair proactively (so you don't spend an hour driving back or looping instead of taking a route that is maybe 10m slower from the get go). There are many smaller examples that make Osmand not really something I would recommend to anyone else, even though it is what I use (I use it because google maps simply won't work on my phone because of how it is set up).
Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by gpvos on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:15AM (#18732882)
True, I guess. An hour is a lot though; aren't road repairs signposted in a reasonable way where you live? (I.e., using actual road signs, not navigation.) Actually, in the Netherlands I've found some longer-term road works listed in OSM. I don't use navigation, or even drive a car, often enough to compare with Google Maps.