[OSM-talk] OsmAnd financially rewarding mappers

[Nicolás Alvarez]

Why would they do that? Handing out free Osmand+ installs would *cost*
them money. This system *gets* them money (users donate, mappers get a
part, Osmand gets another part).

-- 
Nicolás

2016-03-03 14:11 GMT-03:00 joost schouppe <joost.schouppe at gmail.com>:
> I am surprised to see so few negative reactions. Nothing against the idea,
> but it should be better thought out to avoid perverse incentives.
>
> A quick solution someone already suggested was handing out free Osmand+
> installs.
>
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:20:05 -0300
> Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alvarez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The reason why I didn't try this yet is that they unnecessarily ask
>> me for my OSM *password* when signing up. There are much better ways
>> to verify the account...
>
> "We will give you money once you will share your password" sounds like a
> standard unimaginative scam.
>
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