▲ 111 ▼ CoMaps listed and rated on european-alternatives.cloud (floss.social) submitted 6 months ago by SrMono@feddit.org to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments Nice to see, how the score comes together.
[–] GarbadgeGoober@feddit.org 11 points 6 months ago (5 children) There was some controversy about Organicmaps and Comaps ended up as fork afterwards. So better to use Comaps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Oh, I had no idea. Thanks. I’ll look into it. I use OM. Edit: I’ve switched to the new app. Thanks again! permalink fedilink source parent [–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (3 children) can you give a tldr of the contorversy, i havent heard of it until now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] waldfee@feddit.org 8 points 6 months ago The shareholders basically tried to enshittify it https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 months ago Basically concerns from contributors about the governance structure of the project and how their drive for profit may impact it. And how this FOSS project with significant community contributions has it's shareholders (yes it has shareholders) considering it their sole property. There's a little on Wikipedia here. And an open letter: https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c permalink fedilink source parent [–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) The community believed their voice weren't being heard by the shareholders, and the lack of a good response by Organic Maps led to a fork of the project being formed. CoMaps was meant to have more transparent governance and take more into account community feedback, and both the name and logo was voted by community members! I also know that iodeOS, a French based private degoogled Android ROM, ships with CoMaps as its default mapping app! Additionally, CoMaps has already had a few neat extra features over Organic Maps added, like a nicer UI, which is pretty cool. And I think the (community voted) logo design looks nicer than that of Organic Maps, but that's just my opinion. I much prefer using OpenStreetMap apps like CoMaps since you can download offline versions of the map! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Oh, I had no idea. Thanks. I’ll look into it. I use OM. Edit: I’ve switched to the new app. Thanks again! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (3 children) can you give a tldr of the contorversy, i havent heard of it until now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] waldfee@feddit.org 8 points 6 months ago The shareholders basically tried to enshittify it https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 months ago Basically concerns from contributors about the governance structure of the project and how their drive for profit may impact it. And how this FOSS project with significant community contributions has it's shareholders (yes it has shareholders) considering it their sole property. There's a little on Wikipedia here. And an open letter: https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c permalink fedilink source parent [–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) The community believed their voice weren't being heard by the shareholders, and the lack of a good response by Organic Maps led to a fork of the project being formed. CoMaps was meant to have more transparent governance and take more into account community feedback, and both the name and logo was voted by community members! I also know that iodeOS, a French based private degoogled Android ROM, ships with CoMaps as its default mapping app! Additionally, CoMaps has already had a few neat extra features over Organic Maps added, like a nicer UI, which is pretty cool. And I think the (community voted) logo design looks nicer than that of Organic Maps, but that's just my opinion. I much prefer using OpenStreetMap apps like CoMaps since you can download offline versions of the map! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] waldfee@feddit.org 8 points 6 months ago The shareholders basically tried to enshittify it https://itsfoss.com/news/organic-maps-fork-comaps/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 months ago Basically concerns from contributors about the governance structure of the project and how their drive for profit may impact it. And how this FOSS project with significant community contributions has it's shareholders (yes it has shareholders) considering it their sole property. There's a little on Wikipedia here. And an open letter: https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) The community believed their voice weren't being heard by the shareholders, and the lack of a good response by Organic Maps led to a fork of the project being formed. CoMaps was meant to have more transparent governance and take more into account community feedback, and both the name and logo was voted by community members! I also know that iodeOS, a French based private degoogled Android ROM, ships with CoMaps as its default mapping app! Additionally, CoMaps has already had a few neat extra features over Organic Maps added, like a nicer UI, which is pretty cool. And I think the (community voted) logo design looks nicer than that of Organic Maps, but that's just my opinion. I much prefer using OpenStreetMap apps like CoMaps since you can download offline versions of the map! permalink fedilink source parent