No, I had no idea! Thanks for letting me know. They’re getting harder and harder to avoid.
Glad you made the step, congrats!
Finding alternative services and apps in really hard. Did you know that Waze was bought by Google and is powered by them now?
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/using-waze-privately/14199/3
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HERE WeGo maps / Organic Maps / Magic Earth = all better than google maps.
You can de-Google Android (on Pixel phones) with GrapheneOS. It's pretty easy.
