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I actually really like it, particularly location history. For instance I find it fun to go back and look at past trips in detail and reminisce.

I can definitely see where someone wouldn't want that though

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I had history back to 2012 and accidentally deleted it a couple years ago and I was very saddened at the loss of all those years of data. Every now and then I would look and see where I had been or just how many times I had visited local shops or friends' homes. Since then I have been trying to use Google backup and downloading it, but that feature has been very frustrating to deal with. Many times it fails to backup or fails to download the zipped file.

For location history I use https://gpslogger.app. It's open-source, can be found on F-Droid and has many settings.

does that have any off device capability? I see sending to url, etc, wondering if there is a preferred server app that makes office device backing up/displaying/etc automatic and easy.

Google has announced on-device only encrypted back options.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/15/24002693/google-maps-upd...

same, mine dates back to november 2009, I think it might be to the day it was introduced, through my HTC Dream/G1 phone

Often it's if I have expenditure I can't recall. First stop location history to see where I was. Mostly solves it.

Also a big fan. I think I've got the Google history from when it was first introduced plus data from GPS Logger (with some gaps). Does anyone know of a good tool to explore analyze GPS data like this? I can make a Tableau dashboard, but wondered if there was something better off the shelf.

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