Bye bye Apple Maps hello CoMaps
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2025
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We need a jingle for Enshittification.
All of these Big Tech companies are slimy fucks actively working to enslave humanity. There are no good guys. I puked in my mouth watching Tim Cook fawn over Trump. None of these people have a shred of decency. Fuck Apple. Fuck Google. Buy a paper map.
Better yet, help support open data initiatives like OpenStreetMaps or alternatives. No reason why maps can't be digital without ads.
support open data initiatives like OpenStreetMaps
Yes!, continue supporting OpenStreetMaps so Apple, Mapbox, Microsoft, Uber and Lyft can continue turning your free work into millions of dollars.
Tried to, but they block some vpn IPs and ne some mail domains, notably mail aliases
Plus they basically stopped replying to me. Are mail aliases really used as spam? I believe it’s a made up thing
And anyways, when contacting them manually, it should be enough to understand that it’s not automated. It would be so easy to spam register using non flagged IPs and non flagged domains but they’re still rigid about these rules. I hate when services do that.
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Magic Earth has been great to use 🙂
Aye, its a great app!
Use OpenStreetMaps
Yeah I know it could be incomplete at times but its our job as a community to improve it if we want "free" software
But, but I want my stuff to work perfectly without me putting any effort or paying monies 😭
Try CoMaps, it works great (as long as the area is mapped in OSM)
That’s the dumb thing. I’m always willing to concede that you need to make things as smooth and seamless for your users as possible, but let’s get away from this culture of no stakes investment. Let’s work together to buy in.
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