“It’s possible to do even more in 2024 if we get enough donations to scale the infrastructure, reward our contributors, or hire a full-time working team.”
Organic Maps pitches itself as the privacy-focused alternative to Google and Apple Maps and reached a million users on donations and volunteers. Its Android Auto beta requires you to hand over your Gmail address, because Google controls the gate. The hotel links that fund it are bookings with a cut. A million users still don’t pay for one full-time team.