David Higton wrote:
>> Just to be clear, since not everyone knows that OSMAnd+ is free
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> Wikipedia claims that OSMAnd is free, and OSMAnd+ is paid.
Sigh. Stupidly frustrates me. I'm sorry, but that's just plain stupid.
As I said a billion times, if you want to, there's nothing wrong with
paying for OSMAnd+ but it's FOSS free so if you really want to help them,
then I'd recommend you _donate_ instead, where you can donate any amount).
If you pay for the free OSMAnd+, Google gets a large percentage of the take
but if you _donate_ to the OSMAnd+ developers, they get _all_ of it.
Why would you pay Google for something you can get for free, and why would
you pay for a free app when you can donate & the developer ends up with
more?
It's just stupid to do what Steve suggested.
Ignorant.
Uneducated.
Stupid.
I'm sick of stupid people like Steve because I don't mind ignorance.
But after all these years, Steve _still_ doesn't know OSMAnd+ is free?
WTF?
Who is that stupid?
Only if you filter out facts as we've covered this _many_ (many) times.
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http://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android>
There is a difference between these two packages, again which we covered
many times, so if you don't know it, that means you've filtered out facts.
Here's just one reference going all the way back to 2016 but there's more.
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https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/NkZ-jO9LhZE/m/FaiHbZ0QBQAJ>
Here's another (from 2019) but there are so many I didn't bother counting.
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https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/EOWwR40FIWY/m/3Rd1HjkFBAAJ>
Here's another, from only 11 days ago, where it says EXACTLY what I said.
"Nothing wrong with donating to the OSMAnd+ team, as long as you
knew at the time that OSMAND+ is free if you get it from F-Droid
(but not Google Play)."
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https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android/c/6ccoPgWOOmQ/m/cfFUOpJCAQAJ>
It's kind of sad that some people are so incredibly stupid that they can't
learn, where in this case, I suspect Steve is just filtering out all facts.
There's nothing wrong with Steve filtering out all facts, mind you, but it
does mean that Steve can't learn, and it means he will remain ignorant.
Which is fine too.
But then it means Steve says stupid things, like OSMAnd+ not being free.
It _is_ free. But you have to know a teeeny tiny bit of knowledge.
All of which was stated umpteen times on this newsgroup.
So if someone _still_ doesn't know that OSMAnd+ is free, they're just
stupid (IMHO), because no amount of facts will ever teach them anything.
And that's just sad, because stupid people shouldn't filter out facts.
They're stupid _because_ they filter out facts.
That's why Steve said the incredibly stupid things that he said.
He really doesn't know any better.
For the billionth time, here are some of the related download URLs.
*OsmAnd& Maps & GPS Offline by OsmAnd,
FOSS, Free, ad free, 4.5 star, 153K reviews, 10M+ Downloads
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https://osmand.net/>
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https://f-droid.org/repo/net.osmand.plus_431203.apk>
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https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/>
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https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd>
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus>
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https://www.amazon.com/OsmAnd-Maps-Navigation/dp/B00D0SA8I8>