I could totally see this happen.
Not in a direct manner, but something about “OSM not living up to Apple’s high standards of privacy” or similar strategy.
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jabjoe@feddit.uk 5 months agoAfter that, Apple would ban OSM apps from their store.
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
why would they do that when Google Maps and Waze are already bigger competitors?
jabjoe@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Waze is now also Google. Apple can and does extract/extort lots rent/ransom from Google. OSM doesn’t have the pockets. They, like lots of FOSS, undermine the whole scheme.