Had to scroll too far for Stratum! The watch app is also why I use it so that I can keep my phone far away from me while I work. Game changer. Surprised more don’t use it.

Ah shit, I’m in the Chicagoland area. I wonder if this affects me. That’s good to know.

Surprised no mention here yet of a Pixel 3a? Both Ubuntu Touch and PostmarketOS seem to run best on it, so I’ve had it on my eBay search notifications for a while hoping to be able to toy with one. I really don’t expect it to be daily driver material though.

Someone else had mentioned Magic Earth but I was under the impression that it was another big tech thing (I guess I was thinking of Google Earth) but you saying it again made me check it out.

Seems like not OSS but their claim of privacy focus actually makes me interested so I’ll try it out! I’m even okay with the small fee, I know servers cost money to run. Glad to see they’re working on a non-Google or Apple payment.

haha I’m with you here, though tbh this is something I would have cared about some years ago but these days with tech fatigue I don’t even mind the Stephen Hawking guidance (I usually have it off anyways).

Thanks for sharing this! I just started using OsmAnd for biking and missed this nice detail.

Google Maps would take me through some awful stroads pretty regularly, so I’ll be glad for a safer route even if it takes longer.

Oh I’m aware of the “Osm” meaning.

I still think it’s a bad name 😅 how does someone unfamiliar with OSM pronounce it? Why is there a tilde?!

Hey thanks for sharing this! I’ll try Bimba. I’m planning on switching to GrapheneOS soon so the less stuff reliant on G services the better, as much as I like the Transit app.

Edit seems like it’s a bit limited on its coverage, with little to speak of in the US :(

Was hoping to get Chicagoland metro area transit.

I’m not sure this is possible without crowd sourced data

The transit app is for public transit. Trains buses etc. I probably should have specified sorry!

But yeah there really isn’t a way around reviews I think I’m going to have to come to peace with that.

By your logic the *arr suite isn’t self hosted either since they rely on metadata cache servers.

In fact Jellyfin relies on external services for their metadata too!

Like you, I value my relationships and by extension my mental health more than which messaging app I use.

I hate Meta with a passion and them acquiring Whatsapp is probably the most disappointing acquisition of all time to me, but I’m going to continue using it because my wife, family in Latin America, and world friends all use it. And being lonely and out of touch isn’t worth the satisfaction of knowing my data isn’t being scraped to me. Others in these threads always seems to disagree here, and they’re free to do that but it’s not a lifestyle I’m interested in.

I’m making changes where I can; I self host a server for my media, photos, files. I’m going to install Graphene on my phone soon. I’m interested in picking up a cheaper older phone to try a Linux mobile OS on. I have my phone auto connect to my pihole to block trackers when I’m out of the house, etc. But I know as soon as it’s something I have to inconvenience others with, it’s not going to work.

Pick your battles.

I’m on Mint.

T-Mobile acquired them, per the usual bullshit, but I get 15GB a month with unlimited talk and text for “$20” a month. The catch is that you pay yearly in bulk for that price. Had it a year and change. Been solid.