• alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Just switching by itself is a huge contribution.

    And I also think they pay to use it, since commercial usage is not free.

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      1 year ago

      since commercial usage is not free

      Commercial usage oft the osm data is free, see the OSM license. The article even speculates that they switched from Google maps due to licenses costs.

      Of course this doesn’t apply to commercial services that provide e.g. map tiles.