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[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@NeatNit @openstreetmap
switching topics again are we?

They rolled out a massive new warning type and then didn't have all their apps accept it as OK. That is a deliberate choice. It is their ecosystem from top to bottom, they *chose* not to have the TetheredNet added to the list of allowed warnings in existing installs. If they hadn't wanted to make that choice they should have done the responsible thing and held the rollout until their app supported it.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

@NeatNit @openstreetmap

I would assume the same as the reason for warning about this in the first place? They don't seem to like devs tying things back to preset websites and think it deserves a massive warning icon.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@gedaliyah @NeatNit @openstreetmap

If you select a hotel found on Kayak it will add an affiliate link to Kayak in addition to the direct link stored in OpenStreetMap.

If you know to look in https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/blob/master/metadata/app.organicmaps.yml you will find:

"AntiFeatures:
TetheredNet:
en-US: Map download service (cdn*.organicmaps.app).
NonFreeNet:
en-US: Hotel widget includes a link to kayak.com not contained in original map
data."

It's new so I think more will probably be flagged later.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

@NeatNit @gedaliyah @openstreetmap

Oh, and they also deliberately buried the rollout of the new anti-feature in the middle of an obscure blog post rather than doing the responsible thing and prompting users to make a decision about it.

https://f-droid.org/2024/04/04/twif.html

@organicmaps is probably on borrowed time before it is also hidden from search.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

@NeatNit @gedaliyah @openstreetmap

F-Droid do provide more detail about why they warn that something has an anti-feature, but only make that easily accessible if you run their code natively on your device. If you're on the web interface you have to figure out which of the links in the external links section isn't actually external and look in there.

Their excuse for this is that their website can't parse their own file format that they invented for themselves.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

@inbeesee @openstreetmap It does have a team mode, but I think that's just a transient thing.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 7 points 2 months ago

@Cheradenine @Tyoda @openstreetmap

I don't think that changes your underlying account ID.

Whatever you do you need to make sure that you are contactable through the email address(es) you supply. If there is a problem with some of your edits and you don't reply to queries you may have your account(s) blocked and all your edits reverted.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 6 points 2 months ago

@BitSound @openstreetmap

There have been many disputes between the way the iD developers want to do things and the community over the years, to the point where they are now unique in having a dedicated page on the wiki documenting all their controversial decisions.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ID/Controversial_Decisions

I wouldn't pay much attention to it.

The main thing is to have highway=traffic\_signals either on the intersection node or on all the inbound ways. Any refinement beyond that is just a bit of a bonus.

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 7 points 2 months ago

@BitSound @openstreetmap

Breaking up roads for turn restrictions, changes in the number of lanes etc is perfectly fine.

I've always found it a bit silly to break up roundabouts for route relations, but not everything supports leaving them intact.

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