I realise that Google places ads in the native Gmail environment. However, when using a third party front end to embed the Google services, how does the company make money off that? When I use Thunderbird to access Gmail or the Google Calendar or when I map my Google Drive to the file explorer, how can Google profit from this kind of use?

      • brax@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 day ago

        I was so confused by your first one until I clicked the link and realized you meant “OpenStreetView” instead of “GoogleStreetView” 🤣

    • Yaky@slrpnk.netEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      I have been using Organic Maps for many years. They are offline-first, and use OpenStreetMap for the data. Since it’s OpenStreetMap, quality might vary by country and even city.

      If you’re looking for more commercial app, HERE WeGo / Here Maps has traffic and online accounts.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        How’s the realtime traffic on those? I’m currently using magic earth and the routing is mostly okay compared to GMaps, but the traffic data is frequently stale.

        • Yaky@slrpnk.net
          1·
          4 days ago

          TBH I haven’t used traffic feature (or WeGo, really) enough to know if it’s good.