“The Transit App” is probably not that privacy friendly right? Are there any open source and privacy respecting apps for getting bus/train times by location?
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
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öffi is really good.
[https://f-droid.org/packages/de.schildbach.oeffi/](öffis on f-droid)
You can select the source of the info (for example set to your local provider api or just use default) and I like the schedule view very much.
I am not a software expert, but it is Foss and doesn’t require strange permissions.
Too bad it’s only for a handful of Western countries :( I hoped I wouldn’t have to look up bus arrivals in the browser anymore.
Damn. For us unlucky Americans, it only appears to support San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; and Austin, TX.
Came here to mention just this. Look up Öffi