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unfortunately every foss maps app I've tried has been subpar. all the ones based on open street maps can't even go to proper addresses, it takes you to the street and you just have to look around for it. at least here in the us. so far magic earth has been better but it still doesn't work with Public transit so I have to have a separate maps app in my private space anyways.
Not all, I use Cartes (French, OpenSource) which is pretty complete. GPS, public transport, bicycle, by feet, distances, restaurants, shops, administrations, etc.. One of the most complete I found, it use Data, apart from OSM, also from NASA, Mapl and Citybic.
also, not to get nitpicky (I promise) but hasn't /e/os criticized people for wanting privacy and security and said it's for criminals? which I found very ironic of them given their own operating system
Not really. Their CEO has said that privacy and keeping data away from big tech is their priority and security, while important, is not the tip of the spear for them.
He phrased it poorly ("we're not developing a phone so a paedophile can evade justice") but people immediately misrepresented it as "The only people who care about security are paedos and crims". Graphene went hard on them with a big FUD campaign that got a lot of people upset. All he meant was that people with very extreme threat models would be better looking elsewhere.
Very much a storm in a teacup.
Yes they have. It's also very late to security updates and is mostly just Lineage plus their own cloud services.