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To be aware, this still uses google servers. I'm not quite sure what the benefit is then (beside it being open source).
by mbaeten 8y ago
To be aware, this still uses google servers. I'm not quite sure what the benefit is then (beside it being open source).
- ForHackernews 8y agoIt doesn't have to use Google services, it's FLOSS and configurable. For example, you can replace the location backend with one that uses Mozilla's location service: https://github.com/microg/IchnaeaNlpBackend https://github.com/microg/IchnaeaNlpBackend Furthermore, I think there's a difference between closed-source software running on your device reporting who-knows-what and open-source software that makes known, specific requests to cloud services.