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1. californical · 1790088730 · focus · HN ↗

   Yep, after being a huge Apple Maps advocate for years to family and friends, I have quit it completely after I got a pop up introducing new ads.

   Mostly just using CoMaps now, or Google Maps if I need to look up business hours or get traffic info.

   If Apple has ads too then I might as well just use Google for that stuff since at least it’s probably more correct…

   1. zamalek · 1790178343 · focus · HN ↗

      Disclaimer: I haven't used it for about a year, I simply don't drive enough at the moment - I doubt it has declined in quality.

      TomTom is an extremely good paid ($6/mo) nav app - if you appreciate not being a product. It seems to now be named "TomTom Go Expert: Truck GPS" but does still have car mode. You _have_ to download maps, it's fundamentally offline. Routing is fantastic. They've been around since car nav was devices that you purchased.

      The only area where it falls behind is finding businesses, but Google and Apple will probably always be rulers there.

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