@Helmut: You wrote: "But now I tap on 'builds' and download the latest version ". Sorry, perhaps I'm stupid but were do you tap on "builds" ?
@Xavier: Do you have experience with microG ? Is it in an useable state ? Will it solve in its actual state the new problem of OSMand with GPS ? Xavier schrieb am Sonntag, 14. Februar 2021 um 16:58:22 UTC+1: > On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 06:44:55AM -0800, Egal wrote: > >You also know, that F-Droid don't offers a complete version of OSMand > > What, specifically, is missing from the F-Droid version? > > >I paid for OSMand, but with the versions 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5 and 3.9.6 > >OSMand closes the door for me by including Google spy software which > >blocks the app when the google play (spy) services are not active. > >That is not OK > > You are correct, that is not OK. However your anger is being directed > at the wrong entity. OSMAnd is not "including Google spy software". > OSMAnd is simply playing withing the rather strict rules set out by > Google. > > Google has been restricting access to everything on Android, and > funneling everything, more and more, through Google Play Services with > each update they make to Android. And access to GPS data is but one of > the data sets that Google has been restricting in this way on Android. > This is the reason for the existance of the microG project > (https://microg.org/), an attempt to provide an alternative access > point for those same API's but without including the google spy machine > in the process. > > It is not OSMAnd's fault that in order to run on a standard Android > base (which is what, but for the select few, all Android phones run) > that Google requires that they make use of the google play services > component. Google has forced that upon them. You should direct your > anger at Google, not at OSMAnd. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OsmAnd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/6f8d287f-92d2-4baf-8c23-7ae8e81ad24fn%40googlegroups.com.
