Damn, that means Google sees Organic maps as a threat. It is crazy how good it is.
It’s getting good. I keep it as an alternative to OSMAnd, but find that Organic maps are harder to read and missing a lot of detail compared to OSMAnd.
This means I want to install organic maps now.
Update: I like it, it got us home quicker than google yesterday. And the route was less boring
Got it installed! Thank you!
That’s one of the reasons why we need to breaking up google. They use gapps and play store to control the android ecosystem.
Does Google not currently have an anti trust lawsuit going on? Fine addition of them abusing their quasi monopoly position. But maybe they want to use this as argument “look people could just get it from fdroid” or something like that. IANAL
BTW does removal mean phones with enabled google protect will ask users to uninstall the app? I have this “feature” disabled.
play protect sucks, ye. I think I might just go for f-droid only for my next phone.
I’ll lose tiktok, but whatever
There’s the Aurora Store on F-Droid that lets you install apps from Google’s store without giving any data/account info to Google. Works pretty well!
Oh ye! I used to use that! I don’t remember why I stopped tho
Fuck tiktok
On the bright side I had never heard of this app. So thanks I’m checking it out now
Basically Osmand mini. Simple and not much settings but good enough defaults.
It’s probably the best of the free and open source maps. I use it almost every day.
It is also apparently a threat to Google. If Google fears it then it must be solid. (Spoiler: it is as I use it)
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Google just made it more popular
You can get it off of F-droid
I just installed it and I’ll test it tomorrow morning! Thanks google
Also download street complete. Your area may be incomplete in open street map so it is good to learn how to complete it.
I literally downloaded this two days ago. Wtf
Get Organic Maps from F-Droid. Start taking power away from Google. It’s in your own hands.
Next up: StreetComplete.
Fuck pokemon go all my homies play streetcomplete
I recently started using it and screw you all for recommending it. My walks take like twice as long now.
Ok. Downloaded. Let’s see how it goes.
Have fun!
Likewise, new android user and it’s far easier than OSM in my Vivaldi browser.
Solution: don’t install it from the Google Play Store. F-Droid and Obtainium exist.
This is a workaround for tech savvy people, but pretty far from the point here. This move is bad for the community and bad for the app. Play Store brings orders of magnitude more exposure and users
Most non-tech savy people aren’t even looking for an alternative map app. They are just going to use the one that comes pre packaged on their phone.
I don’t know how many people found it through the Play Store, but for a point of comparison, OSMand has over 10 million downloads. That’s 10 million people who are interested enough to seek out and install it, despite not being tech savvy enough to get it from F-Droid, etc.
Yeah let’s just hand wave away significant friction to a reputable FLOSS project lol
Android Auto won’t work that way.
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Your mirror might have problems. In the F-Droid settings → Repositories → F-Droid, you could try deactivating mirrors to see, if it works then.
true. adding https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps to Obtainium installs latest version of 27th July without issues.
Go though F-droid if you can. It adds another layer of verification
It’s back up now. It seems to have been a mistake to block it.
This is not the first time the play store removes an app for absolutely no reason and then refuses to explain why it did so, and it won’t be the last. Usually they don’t just reinstate the app for no reason.
I don’t think it was a mistake, but even if it was, they do not have proper communications to resolve such mistakes.
They are testing out how the community would respond :]
As much as I love fdroid and I love to be in a community where this recommendation is made repeatedly, the announcement suggests to download from https://cdn.organicmaps.app/apk/OrganicMaps-24081605-GooglePlay.apk while they appeal. From the way they wrote the announcement, I understand Android Auto won’t work with the fdroid version.
I’m angry that Google prevents sideloaded apps from running on Android Auto. I think this is against the recent EU laws about gatekeepers.
Google’s anticompetitive practices are at it again.
Someone still uses Google software? Poor souls…
Well, at least now Google won’t try to update the app I installed through F-Droid.
On Aurora store I block the apps I have installed via F-Droid so it doesn’t try to update them. Maybe you can do the same with the Play store
evil
