[kmerfeld]

Do you not generate any value by providing data to google maps? You are making google maps better when you do it. Why does google get to benefit from your work? Its clearly not reasonable for everyone to demand payment for this type of work, but I think its worth questioning why we let huge companies build products that require this kind of donated labor

[d1sxeyes]

You have the cart before the horse here.

OP receives value from Google Maps for free. For whatever private reasons they may have, they decide to give value back for free[]. OP is under no obligation to 'donate labour'.

[] Assumption is here that there's no 'value exchange', and OP's contribution is not directly related to value they get out of Maps. (as opposed to private bittorrent trackers which maintain an upload ratio requirement etc.)

[kmerfeld]

Google sells ads on google maps. Users are as much of a product as the directions.

I've never claimed anyone is under an obligation to donate their labor, I pointed out that it is work and some companies are earning profits from products that require this type of unpaid work to function