Google removed Organic Maps from the Play Store
Google removed Organic Maps from the Play Store
Attached: 1 image Last night Organic Maps was removed from the Play Store without any warnings or additional details due to "not meeting the requirements for the Family Program". Compared to Google Maps and other maps apps rated for 3+ age, there are no ads or in-app purchases in Organic Maps. We h...
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I didn't know about Organic Maps so I installed it for the first time. I registered to openstreetmaps and added 5 places. This is great 😸
Also check out StreetComplete! It's an app that gamifies adding information to OSM
Thanks! Added it to Obtanium 😁
It's addicting. I mapped my entire city
Yeah, it's great to help contribute like that, I live in a really small town so the map was quite out of date, so I patched it up. OSM is slowly becoming a legitimate competitor with Google Maps and Apple Maps in terms of data quality and Google is cowering in fear that a libre, ad-free app will be far better than their closed-source, ad-infested, data-selling app.
I'm fed up with Google (& other huge companies) so I'm totally with openstreetmaps! I'll add more info a little by little. Thanks for your contributions!
Welcome aboard! What’s nice is that your changes are implemented quickly.