A Private Alternative to Google Maps: DuckDuckGo Maps 📦

9    05 Mar 2021 14:56 by u/ruqs_user

**Interesting.**

11 comments

10 u/RustyLumberjack 05 Mar 2021 14:58
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4 u/ruqs_user [OP] 05 Mar 2021 15:03
Cool. Didn't knew about it. Can you tell me more about it.
5 u/RustyLumberjack 05 Mar 2021 15:08
[removed - friendly reminder that ruqqus does not respect user privacy and does censor free speech]
1 u/ruqs_user [OP] 05 Mar 2021 15:14
🆒👍.
3 u/jBoi76 05 Mar 2021 15:53
There's also a maps app for android called "OsmAnd" on fdroid and its similar to gmaps but uses open street map. For navigation it works surprisingly well imo
2 u/ethot 05 Mar 2021 15:40
Maybe wrong but I don't think DDG's projects are open source so better to use Open Street Maps (OSM) if you're looking to get off Google. Frankly though unless you're very anti-tracking I'd suggest sticking with Google Maps for normies. OSM has the information but none of the clients are very good.
1 u/ruqs_user [OP] 05 Mar 2021 15:56
Don't they claim DDG doesn't store any data? I mean it is privacy focused website/service.
2 u/ethot 05 Mar 2021 16:02
Right but if the source code isn't available, you never know. I never recommend proprietary software solutions unless there isn't a FOSS alternative. I'm not saying with certainty that their code isn't available, I just don't see the search on their github.
2 u/None 05 Mar 2021 16:20
They use Apple maps for their maps. It's fine to look something up but rough and I hate the thought of supporting Apple. Apparently they are so "privacy" focused now.
1 u/LiquidAurum 08 Mar 2021 18:45
They are privacy focused, is it as private as running all those services yourself? obviously not. But they've done more at pushing privacy then any of the big tech companies. As far as Apple maps goes, I've been using them for almost 2 years now, it's replaced google maps for me. Having said that I've heard in some countries it's not as good
1 u/Retrofire 05 Mar 2021 17:49
Anything to get away from this monster.