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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by illusionist@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I liked using it but 15€/year for navigation is too much for me. I'm going to stick to osmand now. At least osmand is open source. It has roughly the same features. It's just not that beautiful. I paid for osmand btw. What's your alternative?

Edit: And I like paying for osmand because it is open source.

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[–] Karkitoo@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (13 children)

I like Organic Maps. UI is clear and simple-ish to use.

However, it lacks quite a lot compared to the (cluttered UI of) OSMand.

Edit: great mentality there. You could at least tell me the pros of your favorite solution and the cons of organic map before Downvoting me.

[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Organic maps is shit.

Use CoMaps instead.

[–] DSN9@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why? Is nefarious activity really occuring? It looks like from the linked article, small dev teams are more efficient. There is a scalability issue, governance, inclusion versus efficiency. I can understand in theory why they forked (and I'm switching to comaps), but has organic maps actually done anything bad? Can someone clarify? Is this nonsense what happened with maps.me?

[–] esaru@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

OrganicMaps refused to rule out selling to venture capitalists in the future. They expect volunteers to contribute while keeping the option of capitalizing on free work later.

That's why it has been forked to what is called CoMaps. So CoMaps is the true, reliable FOSS project now.

[–] DSN9@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you point to this reference or source? Where was this stipulated? How?

[–] esaru@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sure, here are a number of sources that explain what happened and why:

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