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Google removed Organic Maps from the Play Store (fosstodon.org)

submitted 4 months ago by randomaccount43543 to c/[email protected]

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[–] Asudox 79 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Solution: don't install it from the Google Play Store. F-Droid and Obtainium exist.

[–] gedaliyah 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is a workaround for tech savvy people, but pretty far from the point here. This move is bad for the community and bad for the app. Play Store brings orders of magnitude more exposure and users

[–] w2tpmf 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Most non-tech savy people aren't even looking for an alternative map app. They are just going to use the one that comes pre packaged on their phone.

[–] gedaliyah 5 points 4 months ago

I don't know how many people found it through the Play Store, but for a point of comparison, OSMand has over 10 million downloads. That's 10 million people who are interested enough to seek out and install it, despite not being tech savvy enough to get it from F-Droid, etc.

[–] roofuskit 11 points 4 months ago

Android Auto won't work that way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

true. adding https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps to Obtainium installs latest version of 27th July without issues.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Go though F-droid if you can. It adds another layer of verification