Google maps alternatives (that are good)

[paulnelson]

Lately, I get the feeling that google maps were handed over to a spazzy Gen Z product manager. Its UI is a mess (for me) and also it seems to be doubling down on advertisements gooogle map alternatives. I thought to try Waze but was put off when it asked me what sort of ads I’d like to see

So are there any good, paid alternatives out there? In my limited experience, the problem with non-google apps is that the search functionality is always inferior, to google, but that was some years ago and maybe it changed and they’re using google itself for search.