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[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

HERE WeGo still has Gulf of Mexico. Use HERE WeGo instead of Google shit.

[–] observes_depths@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Open Steet Maps also shows Gulf of Mexico. Most maps seem to get their data either from Osm, Bing or Google.

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Surely it’s only “Gulf of America” from the southern tip of Florida across to the Mexican border?

[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Google goes full mask off. What a terrible look. This is it, this is what I needed to see to make the final push to move away from Google. My next phone will probably be an iPhone, and I'm not excited about it. I've almost completely degoogled my android device, I'm testing immich right now and the only things left that I rely on are maps and YouTube. I also buy a lot of my ebooks and comics from Google, but never again. There's no way I'm buying a phone that's supported by Google after this change. There's no way I'm spending any amount of money on Google play at this point, or any other Google owned platform. Zero. And it really sucks, because android is the closest thing we have to an open phone platform. Maybe someday a GNU/Linux phone will actually be viable, but today it isn't and that only leaves me running to Apple as a savior. It's too bad that Google can't compete on a technology level, instead of gargling Trump's balls.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Pinephone + dumb phone is a valid option though. The only thing my pinephone struggled with was calls/sms, so the dumb phone handles that.

[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I fully believe that combination works well. I also fully believe that if you asked a random person off the street to trade in their smartphone for two devices that only have partial functionality you would get told to go F yourself. I don't think it's a 'valid' option in 2025, and I would love to know what the average person on the street would say if they actually hear you out on all the benefits. I'm a 'tech enthusiast' I guess and a long time FOSS lover. I have been daily driving Linux for over 15 years at this point. I'm not sure if I would put up with two half-phones in my pockets all day everyday, and I know my friends would laugh at the idea. I almost purchased a PinePhone on more than a few orders from the Pine store but I keep holding off for thing to become stable enough to use the phone as a phone.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 23 hours ago
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Australia google maps user here:

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