[IG_Semmelweiss]

I stopped using chrome 15 years ago and de-googled my life 5 years ago. The hardest thing to let go in fact was Gmaps (most alternatives, until recently, were not great) and I'm still captured by android, but rome was not built in a day.

Quitting chrome these days is the easiest thing to do. The writing is on the way. You don't control the browser on your network, google does. ANd for better or worse, google's priority is AI at this time.

Sysadmins should take notice.

If the network is ~65% chrome and thus deemed painful, take the gradual approach. Do not push chrome on new devices or users. Watch that problem slowly go away.

[niutech]

For GMaps alternative, there are Here WeGo or Bing Maps. For Android, there are Sailfish OS or Ubuntu Touch. For Chrome, there are Brave or Vivaldi (Blink-based). Google is not irreplaceable.

[bean469]

> most alternatives, until recently, were not great

Curious to know, what viable alternatives did you discover?

[heyamitkmr]

OrganicMaps is a fantastic alternative - based on OSM data

https://organicmaps.app/

[IG_Semmelweiss]

Gmaps WV while using VPN. Download from Fdroid.

Its miles ahead of something like Osmand , which i really, really, tried to like for a year, but its a UX disaster (i could never ever figure it out)

[Vinnl]

Is that a webview loading Gmaps? That's not what I expected to call "degoogling", haha.

The OSMand UX is clearly not made for casual use, but Comaps is basically the main user-friendly application. It is missing a couple of commonly-used features though, most notably traffic information, which of course Google bases on data collected from its users.

[arendtio]

Better use it now, because it has a best-before date of 2026/2027 (depending on when Google will enforce the developer identity registration).

[guilhas]

I have used OsmAnd for maybe 10y. And it has been surprisingly good

Several countries. Works offline. Saves the journey taken

Not the best at finding places sometimes. Food places and ratings still has to be google or trip avisor, but those are very relative too. Wherever you go the key e some preparation anyway

For direction I think it is rock solid

[nesk_]

Kagi Maps isn't bad, it's slow but POIs are there with enough data.

[Legend2440]

Wait, Chrome has been around for 15 years? Damn I'm old.