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Magic Earth's privacy policy is detailed in a pdf file (below). I drive; routing information is "anonymously retained for 365 days". It's not great, but I can live with it.

Traffic functionality, though, is apparently retained in perpetuity ("anonymously retained").

You'll have to see what the pdf says about public transportation.

Because I saw consistently among map apps that privacy is worse concerning the use of traffic functionality, I created two profiles in GrapheneOS: one for the privacy respecting map apps (with traffic functionality toggled off) and one for the map apps I use for traffic functionality. In addition, I'm using RethinkDNS (1) to block analytics and also servers for data brokers (2) to use a vpn via a wireguard config file

Re: the privacy respecting apps, I've been testing several for the past several weeks that I'm very pleased with; none of them need GSF and Google Play Services. Maybe you could evaluate those for public transportation.

• Mapy.cz (https://en.mapy.cz/mobilepromo)
• Organic Maps (https://organicmaps.app/)
• Guru Maps (https://gurumaps.app/)
• Here WeGo

https://www.magicearth.com/privacy/

https://www.magicearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MagicEarth-User-Data-Privacy_20190902.pdf

"How to install GrapheneOS on a Pixel (GrapheneOS Guide ROM Web Installer)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ki8xQT6Das

Verizon reveals locked bootloader stance in FCC letter, dodges Block C question / In a letter to the FCC, Verizon has said that it supports locking bootloaders so as not to "negatively impact" the customer experience.
https://www.theverge.com/2012/3/1/2835432/verizon-fcc-locked-bootloader

Letter From Verizon to FCC Details Their Stance on Bootloaders
https://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/29/letter-from-verizon-to-fcc-details-their-stance-on-bootloaders/

'Side of Burritos' on youtube performs careful research for his youtube-guides for GrapheneOS and tries to provide a firm foundation for anything stated in a video.

He shared a lesson learned the hard way. He had bought a Verizon Pixel variant and was unable to unlock the bootloader.

After researching the matter, he learned that since 2012 Verizon supports locking bootloaders.

How is the experience of using a map app on the Pixel Fold ?
Because of Google's choice of aspect ratio for its non-fold phones, depending on the choice of map app I sometimes feel like I'm navigating with tunnelvision esp with an app like Here WeGo where a significant amount of the top and bottom of the screen for better and for worse are reserved for non-map information.

Techmino (Tetris gameplay; available for numerous platforms)
https://github.com/26f-studio/techmino

I came across two apps of the name 'Locus' that each offers locaction sharing. But based on a recent thread, the app he's probably speaking of is from the author 'Myzel394'.

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/11562-can-you-use-things-like-google-maps-location-sharing-with-gos/4

: Locus (1)

https://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:functions:share

: Locus (2)

https://github.com/Myzel394/locus

I use a two step solution:

• use the prefix 'old' in place of 'www' for all reddit links. I don't know the history of it; but for whatever the reason(s), it tremendously improves the presentation of the posts

• I read reddit within Tor browser. A convenient way both to install it and monitor it for updates is through FFUpdater

https://github.com/tobi823/ffupdater

I've read many positive testimonials about the quality of Plugable hubs. Two more brands to consider for a hub that has the DisplayLink chipset: Targus and Tripp Lite

Targus

https://us.targus.com/collections/docking-stations

Tripp Lite

Docks, Hubs & Multiport Adapters > Docking Stations
https://tripplite.eaton.com/products/docks-hubs-adapters-docking-stations~308-1192

Docks, Hubs & Multiport Adapters > Multiport Adapters
https://tripplite.eaton.com/products/docks-hubs-adapters-multiport~308-1194

My first installation of GrapheneOS was with a Macbook Air at a coffe cafe with public wifi.

I highly recommend all the videos from 'Side of Burritos' on youtube specifically the installation videos. He made live recordings of the entire installation process for several different Pixel devices. I watched them all; it was worthwhile since each one here and there has some additional tidbit of information not repeated in the others.

If you're brand new to GrapheneOS, he has a number of videos explaining certain features.

The devs recommend using the usb cable provided by Google with the phone. But as a "here's what worked for me", I used an Apple cable and power adapter -- I think Apple has horrible ethics but great hardware.

As far as what can render the phone unresponsive, from first hand experience it's losing track of the devs' recommendation to have 32GB of free storage space. During a subsequent installation using a Pixel w/ GrapheneOS to install it onto another Pixel, my phone was 84% full. Another time, unrelated to installing GrapheneOS, at 84% full my phone locked up -- it finally was responsive again because I have auto-reboot enabled.

Another factor that could contribute to a problematic installation is deviating from the devs' web browser recommendation (e.g. Ungoogled Chromium); I was persuaded against that idea after coming across a post from a dev identifying that was the cause of a particular case of installation woes.

I'm completely unwilling to use Google Chrome so I installed and used Brave browser (one of the recommended browsers) on the Macbook; as an aside, like Firefox, Brave browser has some default settings that are worth changing; see the link below.

'Side of Burritos'
https://piped.smnz.de/channel/UCij1VEjDb88RCbqsvZ1gqaw

web browser reommendation
https://grapheneos.org/install/web

settings to change in Brave browser (scroll half-way down this link to the heading 'Settings')
https://thenewoil.org/en/guides/most-important/browser/

another key reason for me:

VPNs for iOS Are Broken and Apple Knows It, Says Security Researcher ['22 Aug 18]
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/vpns-for-ios-are-broken-and-apple-knows-it-says-security-researcher.2355121/

https://www.michaelhorowitz.com/VPNs.on.iOS.are.scam.php