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Re:Google gives Wikimedia millions by Doctor_Fegg on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:10AM (#18976827)
That article is not remotely the whole story.

Apple uses OSM data in many parts of the world where their own mapping efforts will likely never reach.

Mr O’Beirne’s articles are very US-centric.

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Re:Google gives Wikimedia millions by lern_too_spel on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @06:45PM (#18984443)
> Apple uses OSM data in many parts of the world where their own mapping efforts will likely never reach.

And contributes nothing to those, instead opting to build their own maps in the important markets.

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Re:Google gives Wikimedia millions by rmc on Thursday January 24, 2019 @05:01AM (#18987342)
Apple does pay people to make edits to OSM: https://github.com/osmlab/appledata/
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Re:Google gives Wikimedia millions by lern_too_spel on Thursday January 24, 2019 @10:50PM (#18995419)
Only in markets where it matters, which means they will stop making those edits after they replace OSM with their own maps.
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Re:Google gives Wikimedia millions by googlmapper on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:30PM (#18981052)
O'Beirne's article is US-centric because Apple's rollout is US-centric (California, Nevada, and Hawaii only for now).
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