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

• ITSFOSS: Organic Maps Forked Over Governance Concerns

• Wikibooks: MAPS.ME to Organic Maps/OM Crisis

• Openletter: Open Letter to Organic Maps Shareholders

I did move last week and it's such a difference. A clean refreshing interface without all the clutter, also much snappier, maps don't take time to refresh.

You can download maps while having WiFi connection and, for a start, focus on the maps of the country you are staying in at the moment.

CoMaps has optional 3D view of buildings and surprised me with how few features it has, yet exactly the features one needs. That way the interface is clean while I'm not missing anything.

It even has quick access to Wikipedia articles built in so you get directly information of points you click on.

Object information is down to what you need, like floor level, pbone number, opening times.

Import/Export for all location data.

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.

You can escape from chat control by using a decentralized protocol like XMPP though.

Any centralized chat protocol is prone to centralized control. This is why Signal Messenger is also affected.

Opting-out of this threat is only possible by using a decentralized protocoll that can also be easily setup by individuals.

Matrix is practically centralized as the majority of its users is on one server, probably due to the setup being not so easy.

There are decentralized protocols that are also practically decentralized. First coming to my mind: XMPP. Many servers offer sign-up for free. If someone wants to setup their own server instead, it takes an hour with Prosody including all configuration. They made it particularly easy as decentralization is their selling point.