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Re:Ask HN: Thinking about Leaving Gmail by Ishmaeli on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:21PM (#33364222)
What are you using in place of Google Maps?

I migrated from Gmail to mailbox.org about a year ago, but Google Maps is the one Google app I can't seem to replace.

Re:Ask HN: Thinking about Leaving Gmail by ale42 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:36PM (#33364369)
Not sure if the question was for the OP or for everyone... in the latter case: Organic Maps (for of maps.me without ads/trackers, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27543012). It works great, allows you to download maps. Maps are from OpenStreetMaps, so generally good in most places, with some exceptions (e.g. last year it wanted us to drive the wrong way into a road that was not marked as one-way in the map), and much better than google maps in some remote places (e.g. tracks in the desert in northwestern Argentina).
Re:Ask HN: Thinking about Leaving Gmail by okamiueru on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:33PM (#33364337)
Organic Maps (based on OpenStreetMap data) seems to work OK. It's of course a compromise as road work doesn't get picked up as quickly, and there us no live traffic congestion feed. It's also available on f-droid, and is default map application on CalyxOS.

What, if anything, do you use for syncing with Google calendar? Companies tend to use it, and I find it all too easy to miss meetings.

Re:Ask HN: Thinking about Leaving Gmail by Ishmaeli on Thursday October 27, 2022 @08:33PM (#33366002)
I'm using CALDav for syncing. DAVx⁵ is on f-droid, I think.
Re:Ask HN: Thinking about Leaving Gmail by zaik on Thursday October 27, 2022 @08:16PM (#33365860)
Besides Organic Maps there is also the less polished but more feature complete OsmAnd (also available on F-Droid).