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MAHDOOD · 2h
Why don’t you trust it when it’s sandboxed?
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We have tons of books. Lots of the classics. Our kids have destroyed them over the last 20 years.

Guess thats what happens when you ban video games and cable TV your house. That leads them to reading books and playing outside in the dirt.
ChipTuner · 5h
Agreed on avoiding google play services (iirc it's a semi-anon system?) I would say though, OSMAnd is terrible for me on an older device. Search basically doesn't work at all, I usually attempt to s...
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OsmAnd navigates great now. The latest updates as of about a year ago improve the experience a lot.

I even have it pulling Google Map's real-time traffic condition tiles so can see where traffic is backed up.

If a house has its address entered into OpenStreetMap, OsmAnd tends to find it now, but most house addresses aren't in the database, so like I said, I use GMaps WV to look up addresses and then send the GPS coordinates to OsmAnd.
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ChipTuner · 5h
I still use it when I have to (areas without cell service), but for me the experience has been much worse in the past year to so. Maybe I should try removing it again and reinstalling it. How are you able to select alternate routes? That's a big deal for me. I need to be able to select a specific ro...
beejay · 5h
Good to know. I have only seen it, never used it. Have you ever gotten a seller (or buyer) to use BTC for their transaction?
MAHDOOD · 6d
I heard that apps like Google Maps and uber don’t work on graphene
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You can enable Play Services and install them and use them, but why bother using a DeGoogled phone at that point?

I use the OsmAnd~ (OpenStreetMap Android) navigation app, which navigates great, but it doesn't look up addresses very well.

To look up addresses on Graphene I use an app called GMaps WV, which sandboxes the browser version of Google Maps, from which I can send the coordinates to OsmAnd~.

That keeps Google from tracking my every move through the Google's Nav App.
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ChipTuner · 5h
Agreed on avoiding google play services (iirc it's a semi-anon system?) I would say though, OSMAnd is terrible for me on an older device. Search basically doesn't work at all, I usually attempt to scroll the map till I find a place I recognze then drop a pin if I have to use it. Locks up often, na...
beejay · 4h
Sandboxed Google Play is confusing because like you asked, why bother using a de-googled phone? Well, it's still degoogled when using sandboxed mode: Built into GrapheneOS, Sandboxed Google Play lets you run Google apps (like banking apps or Google Maps) while keeping your phone’s strong privacy ...
MAHDOOD · 2h
Can’t you just sandbox Google Maps and avoid the headache entirely?