TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap

Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by izacus on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:36AM (#33433260)

I find your post funny, since I'm regularly using TomTom on my Android phone because it has a better UI and some nicer car navigation features than Google Maps. Based on the number of downloads and TomTom's financials, I'm not even close to being alone.

I've also seen it as a default navigation provider in many car brands so I find your bubble biased post pretty funny - and kinda sad, because we see a lot of those here these days. Is it really so hard to stop for a second and think whether there might be people out there that don't share your preferences?

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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by kleiba on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:45AM (#33433338)

Well, obviously TomTom is still in business but only because they adapted their original business model drastically. I think the original article is also along the same lines.

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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by izacus on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @06:35AM (#33433703)

And that's good, choice and competition is good. I honestly don't get when people of HN got so hateful and dismissive towards market competition.

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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by kleiba on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @08:25AM (#33434591)

Sorry, but I don't see how you could construe my original comment as "dismissive", let alone "hateful".

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Re:TomTom announces new Maps Platform using OpenStreetMap by grosswait on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @07:10AM (#33433943)

The point of OP was history not preferences. And judging by financials a brief history may in fact be enlightening to many.

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