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The more we hate the Apple's map, the more we need to worry if our life is depending too much on a particular company like Google or Facebook.

It is just the beginning, kudos to OSM, I really hope OSM can be as successful as Wikipedia in the future.

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Apple wrote a software application which uses Openstreetmap and Tomtom. They don't have an actual map data set like Google does.

Users use apps, not map data. Apple's Map app is the gateway to mobile maps for many people. When Apple switches their backend data, their users don't have much alternative.

If they use OSM, they have the actual map data. That's all OSM produces...

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