On: OsmAnd 4.3 for Android devices

[seanw444]

I was thinking about this the other day while giving it a spin after the renderer update. To me, the privacy benefits of having community-sourced maps downloaded and routes calculated locally, would be eliminated by adding in what is essentially a GPS data botnet. I would rather lose out on that data.

As with most things in the privacy world, it's a tradeoff. Nearly everything is privacy/freedom vs. convenience.

[dTal → seanw444]

First order, yes.

Second order, people may avoid OsMand entirely if it doesn't provide the functionality they want, in favor of Google Maps. That's a privacy loss.

Perhaps it should be a togglable option? The perfect is the enemy of the good.

[seanw444 → dTal]

The toggleability of it would kill its usefulness. Most people wouldn't opt-in, whether for privacy reasons, or not realizing it's there.