New GPS needed
we need to replace our aging tomtom, its been great but the battery is done and its no longer supported by the manufacturer its a 5 year old tom tom xl so much for lifetime map updates!! what...
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maillemaker wrote:Don't really understand the animosity toward cell phone apps.
I just like having a dedicated device for a dedicated function. I like how they mount to the windshield.
But mostly, I like that the Garmin type devices are one-way communication devices. They don't rat on me like a cell phone does.
I had started using some nav app on my cell phone. And then I noticed that every time I stopped at a store, I was getting a request from Google to "review my latest visit to McDonald's" or wherever I had visited. Those ba$tards were spying on me! My phone had not just been telling me where to go, but it had been telling Google where I went!
My Garmin doesn't tell anyone where I went. My Garmin has no transmitting capability at all.
Now I'm sure the phone is busy ratting on me even when I'm not deliberately using the app, but it still pissed me off that it was so blatant about it.
My iPad is a ‘one-way’ device and when using an ‘on-board’ database type navigation like Co-Pilot on your cellphone there’s no tracking by third parties.
Anyone who thinks Google or any other live mapping / navigation app is actually “free” is out of touch with reality.
You ‘pay’ for it through advertising leads based on your travels.
This website is based on exactly the same principle.
