ArianMar 26

Me : let's watch some YouTube my favorite creators

US AI LLM psychosis peptide addicted Google Soylent junkie: lemme translate your English video titles to German. Dub your German videos to English and your English videos to German.

How the fuck do I disable this AI slop hell

Show threadArianMar 26
Just let me fucking watch a video like the creator intended. I CAN SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES YOU DUCKING SILICON VALLEY PEANUT.
Show threadArianMar 26
I'm so done with tech. We all deserve to lose your jobs
Show threadArianMar 26
Google Maps also stopped showing connections that involve walks longer than 500 meters. It'll just be like "no its impossible to reach the other end of Berlin in half an hour by public transport. You need to change 6 times". Because it refuses to let me cross a bridge to another busstation because US brained people dont believe in legs.
Show threadStarkRG1d ago
@arianvp I stopped using Google maps something like two years ago. Now I mostly use CoMaps instead which uses OpenStreetMap data. It's not as complete as Google's such that searching for a local business has a better chance of failure than success. But, much like Google Maps, OpenStreetMap accepts user-submitted data. Unlike Google Maps, though, you're not providing a for-profit company with free labor, you're giving it to the community instead.
Show threadDave Potts1d ago
@StarkRG any way to get traffic information on co maps?
Show threadStarkRG1d ago

@davepotts Not that I'm aware of, it's not a feature that I need too often so I haven't really looked into it much. This is what I found with a quick search: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Traffic_data

There are other map apps that use OSM data, so maybe one of those has a traffic feature? It's going to really depend on your location, though.

It might be worth seeing what your local government provides of its own accord and then see if anyone's stuck that in an app form yet.

Traffic data - OpenStreetMap Wiki

Show threadSnaprails

@StarkRG @davepotts
I mostly use CoMaps but I’ve been using the Here We Go app in preference to google maps for times when I need to take traffic into account. It also does Public Transport routes. Netherlands based company I think. Uses open street maps. Gets updates much more frequently than it used to.

https://www.here.com/products/wego

HERE WeGo | Maps & Navigation | Applications | HERE

Meet the new HERE WeGo app. Updated to include bike and car-sharing routes, walking directions, offline navigation, parking spots, and more. Download today!

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Show threadKhleedril21h ago
@snaprails @StarkRG @davepotts It uses Here maps rather than OpenStreetMap.
Show threadSnaprails20h ago

@khleedril
You're right so it does 🙂
I was sure that it used to use OSM data but I see no mention of that now. Of course I might have confused it with one of the other slew of navigation maps that I've tried and then dropped - usually when they moved to an expensive subscription model.

@StarkRG @davepotts

Show threadDave Potts7h ago

@snaprails @StarkRG Here seems not as accurate in Manchester UK as Google Maps. Usable however.

What do you see?

Show threadSnaprails6h ago
@davepotts Seems ok to me round here. It has a few idiosyncrasies in the navigation instructions and I turned off the "spatial audio" because it was just weird 😀
It's so long since I used Gmaps as a satnav I couldn't really make a meaningful comparison for you.
Show threadTanquist2h ago
@snaprails @StarkRG @davepotts
HERE WeGo did a great job of getting me around Bochum, Germany on foot, bicycle and public transit last summer. I never use the company formerly known as "not evil".
It works on my LineageOS phone but I can't get it to connect to voice without signing in to google. Fortunately Organic Maps does a great job with driving directions and it uses RHVoice from F-Droid.