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A few months into desktop Linux, everything has been pretty good with the huge exception of Maps...

GNOME Maps has a nice interface but is practically unusable... Map tiles frequently don't load, and search for say "florist" returns not only local florists, but *literally everything named "florist" in the entire world*... No way to limit it to your current map view, or at least within ~100 miles apparently.

OpenStreetMaps at least has mildly serviceable Android apps, but still no live traffic.

It's one thing to say "switch your gmail to proton", but it's *really* hard to give up on Google Maps and still function in society...
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Kip Ashlynn · 2w
Quitting Google is harder than quitting cigarettes or marijuana 😭
nostrich · 2w
Organic Maps has a Linux Desktop app in beta: https://organicmaps.app But as you say, no live traffic, and little information on businesses.
inkan · 2w
Google Maps is the reason I got a smartphone 14 years ago. I saw it on a friend's phone and thought oh it would be useful to have that. As far as I know, it's the only distinctive product Google ever made.