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You can also install via Accrescent or Obtainium. It's a shame none of these options were mentioned in the OP.
Actually Obtainium is mentioned (but thank you, checking back I saw I had a typo in the github link that I had missed, and I've now fixed it!), but this is the first time I hear about Accrescent: is it this App store?
big disadvantage: if installed via fdroid, it won't work on android auto
Won't it? I thought you just needed to enable the apps you want. My fdroid AntennaPod is certainly usable in it.
Correction: yes it will. Source: that's how I installed it
Streisand effect
Never heard of this app until now
It's built on open street maps and is great for trail stuff: hiking, dirt biking, horse riding, etc.
Was using Osmand before and it's a lot nicer to use for day to day navigation on the bike than the sluggy mess Osmand sometimes is
Lol Google scared
They've just convinced me to try it. It looks surprisingly good. I'd only wish there was a satellite layer. Or is there a way to download it?
Nope, its desgined for offline use, which is just not compatible with huge image files. I dont know what source they would use for sat images, but that would probably complicate things a lot either way. Also if you load sat image tiles from a webserver, then that server/provider will also always know your location.
Google should really think about being nicer to competitors right now. Yet another reason it needs to be broken up by Lina Khan and the FTC.
I'm such a major fan of the FTC and Chair Khan right now. This is spot on.
Wow. At least it's easy to sideload apps in Android.
F-Droid, no "side loading" needed
Don't you need to side load F-Droid? That is what I did.
The only way to get it outside of sideloading is flashing a custom ROM like LineageOS that includes it. It's not exactly available in the play store.
What in the world are you all calling "side loading" you just download the APK and install it. No cables, no ADB, no side loading
Edit, I guess kids these days are calling downloading APKs side loading lol
ITT: Witnessing somebody learning what sideloading is and isn't as technical as they think it is.
Installing an APK directly is sideloading. It's literally on the "Get F-Droid" page:
To side-load our app store you may simply have to download the official F-Droid APK and install it.
No, you just download it
Isn't that what side loading is?
My definition of side loading is installing anything outside of an app management system. For example going to a website and downloading the APK and installing it.
All my homies search for apps first in F-Droid and only use google play if there is no other option.
Can you help a sister out and help me to start using fdroid? Do I just google it? Can I download the fdroid store from Google play store?
You can't download it from the Google Play store. You'll have to download the .APK (application package, the installation file format for all Apps) from this url, there should be a tutorial to guide you further:
there are other apps than can access F-droid and everyone will soon start replying saying why they think their choice is the only reasonable one and everything else is the worst thing ever, but the official one under that link should be enough to get you started.
All while the other antitrust case is still in progress
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, Old Man?
Look up brothels in sex-work friendly countries in Google Maps, screenshot them, and mass-report Google Maps as a prostitution app.
Google Maps is exempt from moderation in Google Play Store.
I'm really curious about what kind of BS. Like you could search a sexy shop and have directions to go in person?
Ohh, that's disgusting. Tell me which one so I can make sure to avoid it.
Seems to be still available on Apple’s store. And if Google intended to bury it, this is definitely Streisand Effect at work. Wish I’d known about this a few years ago when I was hiking more
Why would you enlist a map app under the Families program in the first place though?
@gencha No reason at all. It was probably wrongfully flagged by Google's AI based on some stupid wrongful training data. At least that's what I think though, because folks at Pushbullet (remember the app?) seem to be having similar problems about "not mentioning that they upload user data to their servers" even though they clearly mention this when the app is opened for the first time.
This totally is accidental and coincidental and has nothing to do with Google being a dick, as per usual.
So sad to see google now being the same shit as Microsoft
I did not know of this app but you know I'm gonna install it now.
Thanks Google!
Just installed the app.
Maybe an error?
Error would be if they removed GMaps or Gmail from Play store, this is sabotage.
Play store is 99% some kind of scum, but they found open source app that community likes and is providing service comparable to their app. Yeah, right.
If they don't want us to call it sabotage, they should be extra careful about apps that are providing same service as them.
That's insane!