jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoPokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémonarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkPokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémonarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIf they used Google maps, Niantic would have to pay Google. That’s no Bueno. Why pay for content critical to your apps success when you could just freeload on volunteers work instead?
If they used Google maps, Niantic would have to pay Google. That’s no Bueno. Why pay for content critical to your apps success when you could just freeload on volunteers work instead?