• Nath@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    I’ve contributed plenty to OSM, but not so much as a creative thing. I rarely upload photos to it. The question was about creative things we do.

    While I agree my contributions help Google, I don’t do it for them. I do it for the community. And frankly, they’re mostly using Google maps.

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      5 months ago

      They’re only using Google maps because volunteers like you keep it up to date. Slack on Google and only help out OSM, an eventually the people will come.

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        5 months ago

        I agree. You are helping in the short term, but in the long term, you are not. In the long term, you are empowering a monopoly that steals their freedom.