YSAK that CoMaps is freaking amazing for offline navigation (so no traffic info of course). That also holds for walking and cycling.

Land of the free, huh?

The main issue here is that googling becomes less and less attractive due to the emergence of copycat AI generated articles. Oftentimes, you have to wade through several identical copies of an original tutorial with ads crammed every other line before you find an actual resource.

What I find to work reasonably well:

• IF I use AI, I instruct it to never change files or run console command, but instead explain to me what to do and why
• If not straightforward advice, I will check with official documentation pages and correct if needed

This way, AI acts as glorified Google that can read your local context. For me it works quite well and I learn a lot. Nonetheless I find myself often wondering if I am doing the right thing.

Seconded. With GrapheneOS, all google services become opt-in, and you basically are in charge of your own phone again. Did it myself last week, really easy to do + free.

BuT It cOmEs wItH OfFiCiAl sUpPoRt pErFoRmEd bY A FrEeLaNcEr oN A FoRuM WhO CoPiEs yOuR QuEsTiOn iNtO An lLm aNd, sEcUrItY UpDaTeS Of hAlF An hOuR EvErY FiVe mInUtEs, So mUsT Be gOoD RiGhT?

• Corporate, probably