Old post is here: https://lemmy.world/post/14437575

Both OSM and Organic Maps are SEVERELY lacking in businesses. So many places aren’t in the directory.

You search for fast food and only a couple pop up. Search for s fancy steakhouse by name, nothing. It shows about half of the weed dispensaries in my area…

Is there a way to update the “phonebook”?

Has shitgle been spending money trying to make all other maps unusable? It sure fuckin seems like it.

  • kabi@lemm.ee
    12·
    7 months ago

    That’s just saying “we want to sell access to our code, so we can’t make it open source”. Basically the definition of proprietary software, no?

      • kabi@lemm.ee
        2·
        7 months ago

        My point was that it’s not so much “fair reasoning” as just a statement of that fact.

      • RBG@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        7 months ago

        Yes, but people were claiming they had a good reason not to be FOSS. They could have easily just not mentioned it at all but instead they name a reason that isn’t an issue for many others.