Jhex

so, what are the odds of getting rid of this pustule in April's elections?

as I said, it is clear these are not true options...

Ok, so for the vast majority of people, not an option... this has been a productive discussion

I'm not USian... do you actually get the possibility of choosing something NOT republican or democrat?

There are literally 2 parties on the ballots.

Your solution is to vote for a third party that does not exist?... if so, your solution is less than useless

landmark verdict... which is less than a single DAY of profits

What have Americans done during this time?

To me, this is the problem... it's not "time"... it's that Americans seem to expect someone else will take the risk, pay the cost and do the hard work for them

Currently every excuse Americans seem to put up revolves around the idea they will not act unless someone else provides them with a solution that is:

• risk free

• cost nothing

• immediately effective

• permanent

• solved ALL problems and corollaries

• will give them 100% of the credit

Anything not marking ALL those boxes, they are not willing to do and would rather continue their (not-so) slow decline forever

so what's the solution?

The incentive simply isn’t their for anyone when there is already a perfectly working solution—as much as I hate to say—from Google

So you enjoy corporate oversight and ads? or at least they don't bother you enough to seek alternatives?. It's not political, I am spelling out what you seem to be trying to avoid saying.

I wish OSM and the maps & navigation apps using it were more popular and better but they aren’t simply because they don’t have dedicated teams.

But you don't wish it enough to contribute in any way...

Google Maps also get contributions from the community (which is much larger than OSM). So google benefits from volunteer contributions as well as their own teams mapping stuff around the world which OSM can never match. It isn’t something like Search, Drive or Photos that can be replaced by a community driven FOSS alternative. It requires huge funding.

I think you are just doubling down on this to convince yourself that it is not that you are being selfish here, you are just being smart by not choosing a losing battle you made up in your head.

Ooops, thanks for pointing it out. I have corrected the post

I have observed no issues. Every once in a while, when choosing large targets like an airport, it's hard to chose the right "destination" from the many available as the labels don't always have all details.

Other than that, no issues whatsoever.

PS: to put it in context, I am a casual user who basically never remembers street names or directions so I use it often but it's not like I am an Uber driver

Dude you are arguing against yourself... the scenario you described would not, at all, be stopped by current TSA protocols

Moreover, the bad TV show example about the highjackers threatening the pilots safely locked in the cabin... why would the pilots open or obey when the end result is crashing the plane?

Open the door or I'll kill this passenger... but if you open I will kill you, this passenger and the rest...

Genius logic there