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.schou...@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.alva...@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. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk