[warrenwilkinson]

OSM doesn't own volunteer time. If the volunteers find Googles platform & terms more pleasing, then more power to them.

However, if the original article is correct in that Google misleads volunteers, then I hope his post helps correct that.

[exit]

why are you accusing them of claiming they own volunteer time?

if someone has huge visibility, they can leverage it to gain more volunteer time at the expense of competing on platform & terms.