[aqfamnzc]

Welcome to the modern internet. While you're at it, please get me access to Google's captcha models facebook face directory Google's GPS location data hoard, (most every android phone on the planet 24/7 (!) and any iPhone navigating with gmaps) And so on and so on

All of which I've directly contributed to and never (directly) recieved anything in return

[eru]

Well, no one is forcing you to play Poke Mongo.

[RussianCow]

> All of which I've directly contributed to and never (directly) recieved anything in return

To be fair, you received a service for free that you may have otherwise had to pay for. I'm not saying it's just, but to say you didn't get anything in return is disingenuous.

[aqfamnzc]

Agreed. I mostly meant that I'll never see the actual dataset that I contributed to. That's why I'd prefer to spend my time on things that I can see, like OpenStreetMap :)

[fragmede]

Not the raw data, but if you've used Google maps for directions or looked at traffic, then yeah you have.

[orblivion]

The people playing Pokemon Go will also see your OpenStreetMap contributions.

[PittleyDunkin]

While you weren't paying for it with currency, the service is most certainly not "free". There's still a transaction happening when you use the service, albeit a transaction the service provider refuses to acknowledge outside the terms of service.

[chipsrafferty]

The some is true of this case, the game is free.

[FireBeyond]

> any iPhone navigating with gmaps

Not saying you are saying this but it amused me how many people believe(d) that Apple wasn’t mining and hoarding location data either because well, they’re Apple and they love you. All those traffic statuses in Apple Maps on minor side streets with no monitoring came from the … traffic fairy, perhaps.