What are some reliable alternatives for both iOS and Android? I'm unsure how are Apple Maps, but they were hideous a while back for Eastern Europe at least.

HERE WeGo[0] works remarkably well here in the north of Africa, much better than google maps or TomTom.

[0] https://wego.here.com/

Nextgrid

Watch out, Here Maps has the Facebook SDK malware embedded in it that will call home to Zuck on every app launch (at least) and send a device fingerprint and persistent identifier.

walterbell

Very unfortunate, since HERE maps allows offline maps.

We need a public registry of apps that embed tracking SDKs.

And iOS needs an outbound firewall, now that it is shipping an App Privacy Report.

vinay427

> And iOS needs an outbound firewall

This can already easily be added through third-party apps. Would a system-wide firewall be a worthwhile improvement? I suppose it would help to have it enabled by default for users who wouldn’t install a tracker firewall app afterwards.

walterbell

Is there an iOS 3rd-party app which can provide on-device outbound firewalling across all apps?

vinay427

Yes, AdGuard seems to do so and IIRC also has customizable block lists. The default includes Safari-only blocking but it is able to add a device-wide filter using Apple's API for VPNs. It seems to identify the various trackers used by the social media apps on my device, for instance.

App store link: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1047223162

GitHub link: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForiOS

System-wide blocking: https://adguard.com/en/blog/how-to-configure-system-wide-blo...