I wonder if the OSM Community will draw any long-term conclusions about trusting especially VC-backed companies from the fate of both Mapillary and MapZen in the last year as well as earlier back-turns such as MapQuest.

In these cases, it always seemed to me, as an occasional editor, like the OSM community was maybe overly eager to rely on services provided by external companies with not enough concern given to long-term risks. But beggars can't be chosers of course.