I still use gmail and drive for work but otherwise I’m never logged into anything google at home. Today when I tried to expand on a restaurant’s hours it wouldn’t let me see them without logging in, although it still worked in incognito. This restaurant screenshot is just a random other example I tried, but for the one I was actually checking google had the correct hours while the official website hasn’t been updated in awhile and had the old ones (website said they’re still open for dinner but they’ve only been doing lunch for a year or so now)
They don’t need to, since OpenStreetMap already exists.
They just need to do their part by contributing to it.
No matter how much I contribute, OSM is so far behind google they’re not even comparable in any way.
And yes, I do use OSM/CoMaps/Magic Earth/Organic. And I contribute.
Acting as if it’s the user’s fault these don’t compete with Google is just blaming the user.
In cases like this blame and fault are almost irrelevant, what is relevant is what do your actions lead to. I’m not arguing an individual can do everything when it comes to things like this, we as individuals have to pick our battles - but the people who choose not to fight any battle at all and stay with the status quo should understand they are part of the reason the status quo is maintained and are part of the reason enshittification is happening.
It’s good that you understand not everybody can do what you do, but we shouldn’t be giving everyone free passes and allow them to believe they have zero accountability.