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by closeparen 3409 days ago
Funny, for me, web, email, chat, calendar, etc. are all superfluous distracting noise. The one thing that keeps me on a smartphone is Google Maps.

I have a Garmin for the car, but their public transit directions are difficult to replace.
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jdkfree 3409 days ago
If you can get transit to release data in a standard protocol, then I think that'd be fine. I would just be afraid of closed devices needing access to closed protocols and APIs. There be dragons.

Maybe something like nixOS where the phone's state is the result of a pure derivation. No installing or configuring anything except through a privileged ssh after decryption. Then boot and go again.

Only automatically updating is possible from the device proper, rollback on failure.

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astrange 3409 days ago
> If you can get transit to release data in a standard protocol, then I think that'd be fine.

They do; it's called GTFS. It tends to need a lot of cleaning and manual in-person verification, which is expensive.

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CrackpotGonzo 3409 days ago
You might be interested in this? No fluff, but does have maps and sync services. http://siempo.co
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