If I may run with this in an irrelevant tangent for a moment, I actually feel like Netflix's UX (on their PC client) is worse (in some ways) than pirate streaming sites I've seen. The main pain point for me is that Netflix tries to optimize for engagement and in so doing, conceals a massive back catalogue of things I'll never see they have unless I try to go looking for them.
By contrast, some easily found pirate streaming sites simply have a running list of whatever new content they've acquired regardless of popularity/advertising budget/etc. When I just want to watch _something_, seeing new stuff pretty much constantly is actually a bonus even if it's not always as polished as the top stuff that sticks to the top of Netflix's recommendations for months at a time. Also, pirate sites benefit from not observing the publisher-enforced balkanization of content across Netflix/Amazon/HBO/etc.
Of course, piracy's still illegal, but my point is I think at least for a certain segment of their potential market, Netflix's UX still has room for improvement.
OrganicMaps looks like it might have a better UI though.
For me that's the killer argument and absolutely worth the price.
I think it really speaks for the developers to make it available for free to F-Droid users and personally I think it's a low price for a - for me - great app.
Edit: Ah found it, unlimited maps are 12.99 eur once, OsmAnd Live (Wikipedia offline integration and Altitude lines and shades) are 7.99 euros a year. This is all free on F-Droid.
Really, F-Droid is so small it's understandable that they don't do anything about it.
But with regard to planning long car journeys, there is always the option of generating the route using one of the several OSM-based routing engines on the web, then downloading a GPX file, opening it in OSMAnd, and telling OSMAnd that is the route you want to follow.
But this no-ad is hugely under-rated. The web overall is not worse place simply because of overflow of ads. And Google or big players can't do anything about it they that's their main income source.
We need a LetsEncrypt styled disruption here. The field is ripe. Waiting for some player.
Such as Apple products?
I note that they site privacy as their #1 advantage:
In my opinion, people have given up caring about privacy and expect to receive an inferior experience from products that proclaim this. Therefore, again imo, products that focus on privacy and such will remain niche.I suspect that the world is ready for paid services that provide a better Ux. I am thinking about how Netflix supposedly put a dent in piracy. People were willing to pay for content with a better Ux.
Aside from saving battery and no surprised mobile data charges, the list many other benefits:
I wonder if a project could charge a small monthly fee if they focused on these user benefits that everyone cares about, and partially use that money to support OSM and partially use the money to support themselves?