Fair enough. I don't think we are going to agree on much nor convince each other because:
- You want one app that works almost everywhere in the world and UX is paramount to you. Less privacy and mediocrity is fine
- I am happy to use more specific apps that excel at specific functions, and accept some lower performance/UX for the £0 I paid and £0 I paid in giving up my privacy (with the exception of Citymapper - I don't use it myself though. I figure out each city's public transport myself, or talk to staff).
We'll just go around in circles calling out the pluses/negatives of each app
There are absolutely good (enough) alternatives to Google Maps though, I won't budge on that.
edit: I'll also plug newly-discovered Gnome Maps on the desktop. It does walking/cycling/car/public transport routing too, though no idea how well. No satellite though. Also, Comaps has emerged as an Organic Maps fork due to some governance disagreements
- You want one app that works almost everywhere in the world and UX is paramount to you. Less privacy and mediocrity is fine
- I am happy to use more specific apps that excel at specific functions, and accept some lower performance/UX for the £0 I paid and £0 I paid in giving up my privacy (with the exception of Citymapper - I don't use it myself though. I figure out each city's public transport myself, or talk to staff).
We'll just go around in circles calling out the pluses/negatives of each app
There are absolutely good (enough) alternatives to Google Maps though, I won't budge on that.
edit: I'll also plug newly-discovered Gnome Maps on the desktop. It does walking/cycling/car/public transport routing too, though no idea how well. No satellite though. Also, Comaps has emerged as an Organic Maps fork due to some governance disagreements