Frank Slootweg <th...@ddress.is.invalid> actually wrote:
> Thanks for finally acknowledging the needs/wants/choices/<whatever>
> of others, instead of calling them fools (and worse)!
Frank,
You will notice something about me, which is that I respond in the tone of
the person whom I'm responding to.
Positive or negative.
I take on your tone, where my tone is *always* positive, until and unless
your tone is negative.
I have something like four or five thousand threads on Usenet overall, over
the years, and that means over ten thousand posts on Usenet, and every one
of them follows this golden rule.
As a positive example, witness your recent post on the Windows 10 newsgroup
on the flakiness of the Windows 10 File Explorer, where there isn't a hint
of negativity on your side ... hence ... not a hint of negativity on mine.
If you look at *any* post I've ever made, you'll see that I take on the
tone of the person who posted.
So if you see negativity in my response to you, you will first see that
negativity in your initial interaction with me.
I know this without even looking back at the record because it's the ONLY
way I respond to people.
You punch me in the nose, I punch back.
You shake my hand, I shake back.
The tone of my response is ALWAYS determined by you.
> Minor nit: As Carlos wrote, OsmAnd+ is 7.49 Euros, the 2.39 is for the
> extra Contour plugin, which just happened to be the thing which
> triggered this 'discussion', but which most people probably don't need.
Thank you Frank for making that clarification for others, since, at this
point, we want this discussion to be a record for future searches on:
http://tinyurl.com/comp-mobile-android
> Well, OsmAnd+ also includes support from the people at
osmand.net.
> OsmAnd~ doesn't/can't come with such support, because they didn't write
> (nor modify?) the code.
Technically, Frank, you are correct, however I will clarify two points, but
this is a nit pick just for the record, as it doesn't change anything
functionally useful.
1. OSMAnd+ and OSMAnd~ code is (essentially) exactly the same source code,
so, the makers of OSMAnd+ did write the source code for OSMAnd~ (they just
didn't compile and package and release OSMAnd~).
2. In the USA, the OSMAnd(+ & ~) solution is substandard in accuracy to
USGS maps, so, the whole "support" issue is moot, but if "support" is super
critical to people, by all means, donate to the OSMAnd+ effort.
Notice that I'm not saying the OSMAnd(+ & ~) app itself is substandard; I'm
saying the underlying OSM contour database, for the USA, is substandard to
the USGS contour database.
> What has not been mentioned is if there is any difference in frequency
> of map updates or/and the way they are provided, announced, etc.
As I had explained to Poutnik, there will always be minor differences
between individual pork bellies, which Oscar Meyer will try to exploit with
a brand-conscious consumer, saying that Oscar Meyer pork bellies are
updated more frequently than are Brand X pork bellies .... however ... a
commodity is a commodity is a commodity.
It's like with gasoline stations where the only real difference between
brands are the outlandish claims by their Marketing departments.
Same here.
If people are really that tuned to the exact subversion of their map app,
then this general discussion on the difference between the two products is
well below their capabilities.
As I said to Poutnik, it's like the difference between 0.506127 & 0.506.
Is that meaningful?
Yes, sometimes. Rarely. But sometimes it is meaningful.
But most of the time, it's not.
If it is meaningful, to you, then, by all means, pay for it.
> So for *you* the frequency of updates is not important, but for
> *others*, it may well be. *That*, *personal* needs/wants/choices/
> preferences/<whatever> was and is all we were and are trying to get
> accross. Glad it finally sunk in.
Frank. Look at what you just wrote.
Do you see how you're trying to "prove a point"?
Do you feel your emotions in trying to "assert your point?"
Now think about it.
Did I ever say that every pork belly was exactly the same?
Did I?
Did I ever say that 0.506127 & 0.506 are exactly the same?
Did I?
Did I ever say that OSMAnd+ and OSMAnd~ are exactly the same?
Did I?
I knew of the subversion difference.
It's like the difference between 0.506127 & 0.506 to me.
If, to you, the differences between 0.506127 & 0.506 are extremely
significant, then by all means, nobody is stopping you from paying for that
difference.
In summary, if, to you, the differences between OSMAnd+ & OSMAnd~ are
extremely significant, then by all means, nobody is stopping you from
paying for that difference.