Right now a lot of us are trying to divest and diversify from having our entire lives on Google both because of the way Google spends its money and the long-standing privacy concerns seeming a bit more scary now.

What services have you switched to and what has your experience been? What do you like, what don’t you like, would you recommend them?

  • Bhaelfur@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’ll have to check out Magic Earth. My biggest fear switching from Google Maps was not having up to date road closures or accident reports.

    • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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      22 hours ago

      The traffic data, at least in my area of the US, is pretty good.

      Road closures are a rough point for sure. Generally, Magic Earth does have them marked, but not always. And the map data is only updated once a month. So even if a new closure does show up on Magic Earth, it takes several weeks to a month.

      This isn’t a terrible issue for me in my area, because I know the major roads and highways decently well, but when in other states or cities, it can be a problem.

      That being said, it’s still about 80% accurate on the whole. And on rare occasion, it has actually had a closure marked correctly that Google Maps didn’t.