It’s because it has antifeatures you have filtered out. I believe it was “tethered network services” that made comaps appear in search results

Looks like it’s some Organic Maps / Maps.me fork: https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-05-29/ITs-FOSS-NEWS--Organic-Maps-Forked-Over-Governance-Concerns-CoMaps-is-Born/

Me? XMPP.

Most used? Depends in what circles. Telegram is popular in some. SimpleX and Session in others. XMPP in free software circles. Matrix in others.

So they use the MP4 container like a zip file and this is revolutionary? I mean, it’s a nice stunt, but the developer seems pretty serious about it. What am I misunderstanding?

Oh, from the same people who want you to install a mandatory app to access half of the internet? I’ll pass

Do you mean you’d be linked to potential crimes of the previous owner? Well yeah there’s a slim chance but then you show authorities a proof of purchase.

Or if you mean your personal privacy, that’s non existent at the moment you connect to a cell network with a registered sim

If you use Linux in English, en-CA is also the best locale to use, it has 24 hour time, metric units and simplified (american) language. They will conquer the world with convenience!