in the process of migrating from google to proton and I like it more. There's no unnecessary request for personal information, no weird AI features that read your drafts and messages, no bs so far.
Privacy wise it seems better than the other mainstream options but my only motivation is to stop companies like Google from building an ad profile of me.
What are you trying to say? Devs don't deserve it because they're not exposed to the same conditions as a UPS driver?
Where's your class solidarity?
You're not wrong about shameless marketing in the form of memes, but whether the intention was a distraction type op or just out of touch marketers trying to recreate the Morbius phenomenom, i dont think we can say. I can also agree that the memes aren't funny at all just like Morbius memes.
The tracking by osmand app doesn't seem to be anything malicious or revealing. Developers, contributors, and users discuss the meaning of the tracking here, which is also referenced in the F-Droid page. After reading some back and forth, the level of privacy or lack of you get from the tracking seems subjective. I personally don't agree with it but its not as nosy as gmaps.
How are magic earth and organic maps any better in respect to privacy or tracking/reporting?