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Recommendations on GasBuddy replacement? (lemmy.today)

submitted 4 days ago by unitedwithme@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Title. I've used forever, suspected they're not great, but recently saw just how awful they truly are having partnered with Allstate and their data hoarding practices. The app hasn't been granted permissions but that doesn't stop them into uninstalled.

I need another foss or crowd-sourced fuel price app. A couple mentioned in online articles I can't find shit on like Fuelmap, Stationpass, etc. Nothing in F-Droid but auto mando? Doesn't quite fill the need.

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[–] ReverendIrreverence@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So... if I am on LineageOS, rooted, with adaway running am I as "safe" from GasBuddy's BS as if I am accessing them through a browser with ad blocking?

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago

Not sure, for GasBuddy still work even though you don't have any Google Services? I know Hushed, Traccar, and 1 other I forget, won't work, so I doubt GB would work without at least MicroG.

You could maybe make a separate profile in that phone with microG so you at least could test?? I don't know of Adblock would be enough, I'd be more worried about port scanning or invisible trackers.