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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Apple to Introduce Search Ads in Maps as Services Revenue Grows (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 1 day ago by ray@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] raicon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Comaps instead of organic maps

[–] modeh@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In what ways is Comaps better than Organic Maps?

[–] 73QjabParc34Vebq@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

CoMaps is a fork by some contributors after the Organic Maps started going a bit closed source, a weird company dynamic, also introduced "links not adverts" with Kayak . Organic Maps is a fork of Maps.me when it started going a bit closed source and displaying hotels as adverts. ∞

https://www.comaps.app/news/2025-04-16/1/ https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/pull/6523

[–] raicon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How does the CoMaps project differ from Organic Maps and Maps.Me? Unlike Organic Maps

CoMaps is "owned" by a not-for-profit co-op, and fully volunteer-driven by the community. The project operates by these principles:

Transparency
Community decision-making
Not-for-profit
Open source
Privacy-focused
Community Funding
Assets for Public Interest

You can learn more about our governance approaches on Codeberg.

The structure is intended so the app and assets cannot be sold for profit. The community actively participate in decisionmaking and governance.

https://www.comaps.app/support/how-does-the-comaps-project-differ-from-organic-maps-and-maps-me/