Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?

@mayflower@lemmy.ml · 2Y

Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?

covert_czar · 2Y

Google Maps, there is not even 1 good alternative for maps osm is there but it will take a lot more users and volunteers to perform as well as google maps and i dont think thats gonna happen Google maps don’t have any foss frontend too and i dont know if its possible to make one

@PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world · 2Y

For driving, Waze easily beats Gmaps.

For travel details, Gmaps wins.

covert_czar · 2Y

Waze is again proprietory i like waze anyways

@tsuica@lemmy.ml · 2Y

Wasn’t Waze bought by Google or am I misremembering?

@PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world · 2Y

You are correct. Luckily they have not destroyed it - yet.

Atemu · 2Y

Most of the time here it isn’t even that the base data is bad, it’s just that UIs behave horribly. Especially stuff like searching for things.

Then there’s also that real-time data is just… missing. No info on live traffic or even longer term stuff like construction.

@okamiueru@lemmy.world · 2Y

Indeed. Nothing comes close. Organic Maps on f-droid uses OSM, which is decent enough for most things, but struggles more with changes like road work or traffic congestion.

@monobot@lemmy.ml · 2Y

Depending on location probably, my experience is that OSM is much better in Europe than gmaps.

The only issue is missing traffic but that can not happen without tracking anyway.