jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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 · 2 years agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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?