• Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    When listing an app on the app store, there is a footgun to watch out for. One of the questions it asks is “Is this app made for children” or “is this app intended for children” or something like that. If you say “yes” to this then that triggers extra stringent evaluation criteria. Many people will accidentally choose yes for their app because it’s a general purpose app which anyone can use (no porn, violence, etc) but that is a mistake. The intent of that question is to find apps that are ONLY for children to use and to evaluate them differently in order to keep children safe.

    • 31337@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Yeah, I was looking into this recently, and even games like Roblox are labelled Teen (even though I think it’s obvious they target younger children).

    • asudox@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      “I love looking at the 3D building of this place. I am about to ejaculate in my pants”

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      That would mean EVERY map app would be in violation since those places exist and are indexed by all of them. Including Google Maps.

    • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      I don’t know if Google has some API to indicate when the app runs from a child/family link managed account?

      If so, then I suppose the Organic Maps dev could block some building categories from showing up (ex: Bars, Stripclub)?

    • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      They’re not “good enough” - they dont provide the same comfy UI/UX that google maps and organic maps does. And organic maps is offline, so literally no data harvesting.

    • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip
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      3 months ago

      Osmand is the best but it’s complicated and has too many features for a casual maps user. It’s UI is not that bad as others suggest. I have both installed cause organic maps doesn’t support saving routes/tracks.

  • SurpriZe@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    What a crap app. It shows NOTHING in Vietnam. Totally ridiculous to expect people to use this garbled mess.

    • chebra@mstdn.io
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      3 months ago

      @SurpriZe It most definitely does show something in Vietnam. I know, because I added them to the map. Btw Grab is contributing to openstreetmaps and you can too. What did you find that was missing on the map? Your local cafe? Just put it there.

    • B0rax@feddit.org
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      3 months ago

      This is not the fault of the app. It use’s openstreetmap. So if you find stuff is missing, go ahead and contribute. Only this way it can improve.

  • tacofox@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Haven’t heard of Organic Maps before but I just installed from the apple app store for solidarity 🫡

  • OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Hmm.

    Never really looked into it before.

    Now I downloaded it.

    Google’s strategy seems to have backfired, in my case.

      • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        technically true but the original Streisand effect was about an image that had been downloaded six times before the lawsuit; Organic Maps is definitely a lot less obscure than that

    • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Strategy? You are assuming there was any intent behind it. The reviewers in third world countries are probably spending 30 seconds per app and are bound to make mistakes. Which in this case was reverted.

      • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        The reviewers in the 3rd world country are the ones who have to deal with the appeal. I guarantee you that the removal was some form of automated system. No human review is required for deletion from the playstore. The idea behind ithat is that legitimate app developers will appeal in cases where the automated system fucks up whereas the conmen will not.

        • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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          3 months ago

          Yeah, sounds about right. This isn’t a case of “Google maliciously takes down a Google Maps competitor” like people are saying.

    • Transporter Room 3@startrek.website
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      3 months ago

      Same. I’ve been using magicearth but I keep my eyes open for any alternative to a popular google app , just so I have a backup if something goes wonky.

  • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I have been happily using OsmAnd while traveling outside my coverage area. Anybody have pros or cons of each of these? I just downloaded this one and didn’t really like that it automatically began downloading 250 megabytes of my localish region. In some places that would eat up my entire data package. I would rather it asked.

    • neonred@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      You can download maps for offline use just like in OsmAnd. I used OsmAnd before but the UI has become sooo sluggish I switched over to OM

  • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Hopium question: Can Google be sued for this as anti-competitive behavior and fined for “lost revenue”?