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This is yet another "We found a community project providing us with billions of dollars in free work but don't find it worth the effort to contribute anything back"
That doesn't sound right to me, I'm curious if you have any examples or sources
This is yet another "We found a community project providing us with billions of dollars in free work but don't find it worth the effort to contribute anything back"
I may get downvoted, but if OSM was not fine with this exact situation happening, then they shouldn't license it the way they do. Nothing seems to indicate so far that they're not fine with the situation so it looks like everyone is happy.
This is yet another "We found a community project providing us with billions of dollars in free work but don't find it worth the effort to contribute anything back"
I find this surprising because my personal experience is the exact opposite. At least in NYC, drivers use the Lyft (or Uber) app for managing riders but use a dedicated mapping application for navigating to the destination once you're picked up.
This is yet another "We found a community project providing us with billions of dollars in free work but don't find it worth the effort to contribute anything back"
I think they in the end decided to fork OSM and make it proprietary to keep the data in-house; but I might be wrong. I was not there anymore.
edit: maybe I am wrong. It was Grab, "uber for Asia". They still edit OSM it seems...
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Grab#Grab_Data_Team
edit2: the users seem to be inactive now, so maybe I was right. I don't know.
edit3: when I look at the corporate members, lots of them seem to be taxi companies. I guess it makes sense. I see Gojek, Grab and Bolt.
This is yet another "We found a community project providing us with billions of dollars in free work but don't find it worth the effort to contribute anything back"
You think they wanted to own more of their product, integrated OSM, and now if there's complaints or things to change they're like "sorry nah"? That doesn't sound right to me, I'm curious if you have any examples or sources
Does anyone know if Lyft plan to contribute their map corrections back to OSM? They mention other companies doing so in this blog post, but don't make it clear whether or not they, too, intend to. I'm curious to see how good Lyft Maps is, too. Uber Maps is, frankly, a disaster in my area, frequently suggesting illegal and/or impossible turns. I try to submit map feedback every trip (very hard as a rider, as most form…
I took a ride in SF a while ago and it predicted a 3 minute pick up time which turned out to be 25 minutes - no fault of the driver, and the only way I could complain about this was to click through like 4 levels of "other issue" and then jump through hoops sending emails back and forth with support.
> Ninety-eight percent of drivers who try Lyft’s maps stick with them — rather than switching to Google, Apple, Waze, or any other app. I find this surprising because my personal experience is the exact opposite. At least in NYC, drivers use the Lyft (or Uber) app for managing riders but use a dedicated mapping application for navigating to the destination once you're picked up.
this is the "Digital Twins" story right here - private corporate walled gardens with total control and feeding off of commons.