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OsmAnd is a genuinely amazing app that I have been using for literally 14 years. For everything other than business information, it's clearly the best in class. Far better than the new kid on the FOSS block Organic Maps, let alone certain commercial apps that shall remain nameless. It's always a surprise to me how few normies have even heard of OsmAnd. Possibly not helped by the awkward semi-pronouncable name.
I'm just bothered by one thing: the ongoing opacity about OsmAnd's business model. They provide no explanations at all, despite the slick site and what appears to be an impressive staff list. They need to be more transparent about who's paying for all this and how.
Osmand isn't cheap to buy and a lot of people pay for it. Where else do you think their money comes from?
Osmand is slow and too complex on my pixel 9, yet I still use it
@bonjour
I think it was something like £2 when I bought it. Now it's £39.99⁉️
https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=8483587772816822023
They also have a €3/month subscription for 'hourly' map updates (and some cloud sync to compensate for Android getting worse).
https://osmand.net/docs/user/purchases/android
But is it getting very slow these days. Especially with hourly updates turned on.
@enemenemu
Wdym with the hourly updates?
I don't have that on anymore, it's not really faster than before