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Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by Nextgrid on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:29AM (#29174970)
> the question is whether using Google or HERE (plus the Facebook SDK) would be more of a privacy violation

Well unless you absolutely never use Google (which is hard), you're better off using Maps (as they track you anyway from occasional usage), where as it's easier to never use Facebook (in fact all Facebook IPs are outright blocked on my networks) so it's better to not provide any data to them at all.

So for me if I had to choose I'd prefer Google (who probably track me anyways during occasional usage of their services) over Facebook which aren't supposed to track me at all since I never use their services (and since I avoid all apps with FB malware in them, I don't think they can track me).

In my case I use Apple Maps which works well enough for me. I wish OSM-based alternatives were as good when it comes to POI searching but in London I found that OSM is even worse than Apple.

Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by commoner on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:36AM (#29175042)
Apple incorporates OSM data into its maps for some regions, and Apple is also the most prolific corporate data contributor to OSM,* so I agree that Apple Maps is a great alternative to Google Maps. Unfortunately, it's not available on Android or as a web app.

* https://joemorrison.medium.com/openstreetmap-is-having-a-mom...

Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by habi on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @02:58PM (#29179798)
DuckDuckGo implements Apple Maps on the web; e.g. see https://duckduckgo.com/?q=london&ia=web&iaxm=maps
Re:Google sends anti-regulation propaganda to small business... by thinkingemote on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:32AM (#29174997)
Apple uses (and contributes back to) OSM in many places.