[biodranik]

We're not alone, our community and contributors are helping us!

[xNeil]

Thanks for the work you and your community is doing! Quick question - why did you fork maps.me in the first place? And how do you make money?

[biodranik]

New owners of Maps.Me ruined the offline UX in one of the updates in 2020. We could not allow our "baby" to die like this.

The project runs on our own money and users' donations.

With enough support, we can replace Google Maps in most use-cases in the future. Because we are listening to our users, and are actively using Organic Maps ourselves.

[OfSanguineFire]

Maps.me got forked because it was sold from the original company to a new one (IIRC more than once). The most recent company to purchase Maps.me is in crypto, so their focus has been on e.g. adding a crypto wallet – yes, a crypto wallet in a maps app – instead of actually developing the app further for maps users.

[matkoniecz]

> And how do you make money?

From what I see, https://organicmaps.app/ is asking for donations ( https://organicmaps.app/donate/ )