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Open-source social media is growing
(sopuli.xyz)
CoMaps now has more than 7k subscribers across different social media platforms – today reaching 7,777. And the biggest growth is on open-source platforms:
Mastodon - distributed microblogging
Matrix - distributed group messaging
Lemmy - distributed discussion communities
Bluesky - microblogging
Pixelfed - Photos
SimpleX - private messaging
If you have not tried these, check them out!
Happy to see, Google maps I've found hard to replace. but it's a marathon not a sprint
What OSM needs is a widely used service with consumer real time updates. The only thing I've been missing is showing closed roads or traffic. But that is all user sourced. Of we get enough people on board we are golden.
ill switch when they have usable public transport. i get its a big effort. but without it its useless to me.
Try Oeffi for public transport, it's awesome.
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.schildbach.oeffi
ahh unlucky for me. doesn't work in my region :(
Oh yeah, unlucky :(
There is also transportr and a couple of other apps on fdroid if you search for transport. Maybe you find something for your region.
What I miss the most is satellite view, but I guess that may not be a possibility.
There's so much info you can get via Google Maps:
Busy Times (like for gyms or shopping)
Whats Nearby
Phone/website, etc
Reviews (mixed bag)
Etc
It's tough. I use OSM as much as possible, but these are all things that I find very useful.
traffic is in dev