• Lazycog@sopuli.xyz
    22·
    6 days ago

    I didn’t know there has been ongoing drama like this. Damnit. Can’t believe how shady their behaviour looks like while promoting it as crystal clear FOSS alternative to Google Maps.

    Honestly reading this open letter mentioning the history behind writing it doesn’t make me feel very confident that the shareholders will follow suit (except for Roman).

    I hope OM is forked and that the fork gains momentum. I love OM but damn this letter makes me feel angry at the shareholders.

    • Lazycog@sopuli.xyz
      17·
      6 days ago

      And it seems like apart from Roman the two other shareholders haven’t even worked on the project (atleast on the public part) for almost a year really…

      The positive side is that if it’s forked I have high hopes the volunteers will move to the fork. But yeah will be sad to lose the brand “Organic Maps”.

      • TheFrirish@jlai.lu
        5·
        6 days ago

        1000005654

        I’m just sharing this image that was sent to the Telegram chat it does not look good.

        • Lazycog@sopuli.xyz
          4·
          6 days ago

          Roman is the only one that has positively reacted to the open letter… Thanks for sharing!

      • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        6 days ago

        organicMaps navigation is clumsy compared to magicEarth. I was prioritizing oM over mE because i’m an idealist and FOSS is hope.

        the day oM is clearly “for profit” is the day oM is ruined. It can’t compete with other for profit apps.