Google Maps has become an eyesore

Re:Google Maps has become an eyesore by elaus on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:30AM (#37031389)

Without donations OpenStreetMap would also lose money. But obviously people (and companies) are much more willing to donate to a project when it's a charity/non-profit, instead of the product of one of the biggest companies in the world.

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Re:Google Maps has become an eyesore by jansbor on Monday August 07, 2023 @04:14AM (#37031746)

Maybe people are more willing to donate to a non-profit, but I am not so sure the same goes for companies. Today companies have to pay a license fee if they are using Google maps in their services. A non-profit can of course continue with licensing the service, but if they make that optional, 99% of the companies would stop paying.

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Re:Google Maps has become an eyesore by JohnFen on Monday August 07, 2023 @01:13PM (#37037419)

I donate to OSM (both money and data). I would never in a million years donate to Google. They don't need my support.

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