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Cake day: February 26th, 2026

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  • Yeah, I have ADHD and accurate time estimations for how long it’ll get places inclidimg traffic are REALLY important to me because my brain can’t process how long it takes to do things and time manage the way other people can

    Sometimes you have needs that aren’t totally met by the open source or free license option, and thats okay :)

    Hopefully over time it can get better and better, which is why I still like contributing with street complete. Only time will tell if osm will end up working out adequately for me, but if it doesn’t work for your needs, that’s alright! Maybe in the future it’ll be able to :)





  • Yes, you can, but if every time you have to go somewhere new its not there its not really serving very well as your GPS, especially if you really need your GPS on a regular basis. At a minimum that means you need two GPS apps

    I really enjoy adding stuff with street complete and wanna get more in the habit of it for anywhere I go regularly, but if someone needs to be able to get places and osm doesnt have the data they need, its totally reasonable for them to use a different gps- open street maps can’t get them where they need to go, so theyre gonna need a different one

    Personally I think if someone’s needs are simply not met by the open source tool it is okay for them to look for something that will, even if the open source/free licence thing would be better in terms of freedoms


  • Thanks for sharing your experience, thats super helpful! I’m curious what navigation app you’re liking, I’m currently still using google maps and occasionally trialing foss osm maps, but I’m not sure if they’ll adequately fill my needs.

    Yeah having to use a pixel is a bummer, I have weird hardware preferences and would really love to have more options but understand why thats not possible. I just dont love what google offers and some of the things I’d loose out on vs more niche options

    I hope graphene continues to work well for you! ☺️





  • I don’t have a dumb phone but mint mobile is very cheap but prepay, they use T-mobile as their backend, so check what us mobile is using and make sure you wouldn’t have the same connectivity problems (lemme know if you could use help). I haven’t read their privacy policy, so I can’t speak to that

    Phreeli also uses T-Mobile and I’ve heard its a fantastic choice for privacy. I heard you can get a Sim and service without putting in pretty much any of your personal info, but they’re also $25

    Edit: looks like us mobile has two Sims available- Black uses Verizon and the white uses T-Mobile, but I’m not sure if their coverage may be different than those networks natively or with another nvmo. I believe mint has free trials, that could be worth looking at if you’re trying to figure out if something would actually have better coverage



  • I think that’s a pretty big assumption, I think if you asked most engineers what ux research says about most design patterns they wouldn’t know, and theyd have to go and research stuff most designers could tell you off the batt

    The three mile island catastrophe was largely a UI design problem that happened because they failed to consider a human had to operate and respond to the problems presented by the control room’s interface. Engineers were involved in the project, I don’t believe designers were.

    At the end of the day we both want the same thing. But I feel user hostile design patterns are as much implemented by engineers chasing costs as demanded by management as they are by designers making things shiner for marketing (like massive car touch screens, which are much cheaper to manufacture than proper physical controls, and literally any designer could tell you as soon as proposed that thats gonna kill people), and I guarantee you, both would jump at the chance to make something they think is actually just a good thing without someone over them ruining everything about it

    No one goes to school excited to produce a return on investment to shareholders, be it engineering school or design school

    Regardless, I hope you have a nice day :) hopefully we get our not-shitty car someday, and if not I’m just buying an old car