[themeiguoren]

You were helping google, but you were also helping everyone who used their maps from that day into the future. Your comment gives off the air of someone upset they helped the wrong party in a zero-sum game. IMO, this is clearly a positive sum one, and you shouldn’t despair at improving little corners of the world just because actors you don’t like will also benefit.

[blackboxlogic]

I DO see it as zero sum. OSM and Google maps compete for a limited supply of users. It's the "wrong" team because when Google gets users, they make money. When OSM gets users, the map gets better and people are freer from abuse and manipulation.

[thinkingemote]

Apple and Facebook both use OSM data, so contributing to OSM helps them make money.

[blackboxlogic]

don't forget Amazon (for shipping).