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Is the charging for turn by turn directions also hyperbole? Because I don’t see how that could happen. For one, taking something free and then charging for it generally doesn’t really work. More importantly, though, the free competitors are too sophisticated, so the vast majority would just switch to them.

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Not hyperbole. I really do think Google will start charging for that at some point in the next 5 years.

Good luck with that when Apple offer the same thing for free on iOS.

And FLOSS on OsmAnd

I've found that OsmAnd's directions are high quality, but it's UX needs some more TLC. It's something I can use because I found poking around at it somehow enjoyable, but it's not something I can yet recommend to people who aren't peculiar in that sense.

I'm not saying they are perfect, but I installed it on my parents' phone and the learning curve is not that steep. They are perfectly usable by mere muggles.

OsmAnd is being developed at a steady pace, and the UX is being improved.

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