Maps.me co-founder tries to close down Organic Maps open-source fork - HN(news.ycombinator.com)

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TheOubliette@lemmy.ml

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17 days ago

Osmand has a terrible user interface

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𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml

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17 days ago

It is also only open core and hides features behind a paywall.

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MaxMalRichtig@discuss.tchncs.de

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16 days ago

I don’t think this is true in that sense. You can get the full experience for free by - either building it your self - or simply on FDroid. If you still use Gruesome Playstore, then yes, it is “soft paywalled”.

Or do you mean other features that are not even in the FDroid build? (Which could be some proprietary features.)

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𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml

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16 days ago

You can get the full experience for free by - either building it your self - or simply on FDroid.

I doubt they gift you accumulated hundreds of dollars yearly worth of premium features plus all the stuff hidden behind the paywall just because you didn’t load from the Google Play Store.

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MaxMalRichtig@discuss.tchncs.de

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16 days ago

If you have a fully open source product (with a permissive license) you can’t just “paywall” it, as FOSS licenses allow you to build and often redistribute the product.

When you have a fully open source product and want to build a valid business model from it, you have to work WITH your license. The OsmAnd team chose an interesting way to do this by “paywalling” the Playstore version “OsmAnd+”. But you still can get all the stuff, as it is open source.

A community-compiled version of the full OsmAnd+ named OsmAnd~ without Google Play services dependency is also freely available on F-Droid.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OsmAnd#Licensing

Welcome to the world of FOSS. 🌍

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TheOubliette@lemmy.ml

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17 days ago

Gross

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