Search sucks for some time now. I’d say the best thing google offers today is Gmail - but there are plenty of arguments against that too.

Google Maps, their traffic data has no rivals, unlike gmail which has plenty of good competition. It’s the one thing I couldn’t easily replace yet.

I prefer OSM since I can use the maps offline. Google maps is useless out in the middle of nowhere without any cell service.

I tried OSM and it completely failed. Downloaded the offline region, loaded it up at home fine. Went to the location and the offline map wouldn't load. Had a connection and tried to load an online map, nothing. Ended up right back using Google maps. I support the concept of OSM, it just doesn't work.

Strange, it’s been very very reliable for many years, for me. Did you use OsmAnd?

No, I used solely on my phone. It worked fine at home and looked promising. When I went out 2 days later it wouldn't load anything, was on cell only with excellent 5g data. Tried for about an hour and it just wouldn't load a map.

But what app did you use to access OSM and download the maps for offline use… was it a web browser? OsmAnd? Vespucci?