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It really sticks in your craw that you are improving the quality of data, just because that data belongs to Google? Seems petty.

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I partly make my living through OSM. The better Google Maps gets, the less compelling OSM is, and therefore my earning power is reduced. Google has the right to compete, of course, it's just not in my interests to help them.

If OSM is only compelling if Google Maps is equally inaccurate aren't we all a little less better off? And if Google maps is more accurate, aren't we all a little better off even if you prefer OSM?

He just said that his livelihood partly depends on OSM.

That means that the answer to your questions is a resounding no. While on average we're better off, not everybody is, he in particular is worse off.

Same as wanting to put your money in a credit union that invests your deposits in the community instead of a bank that spends it on executive bonuses.

Credit Unions tend to merge with each other instead of just growing organically, I think at least in part because the administrative employees can use the increase in size to justify larger compensation.

Depends on where you are. I live in an isolated college town with many regional banks and one well-liked credit union. I can't speak for people who live in big cities.

I'm a member of a relatively rural credit union that is merging with one of the other regional credit unions.

Why should I help Google make money, for free? I'll gladly discuss their employment options if they need my help.

""Plaintiff has not alleged any facts that plausibly suggest the few seconds it takes to type a second word is something for which a reasonable consumer would expect to receive compensation," US District Jacqueline Scott Corley wrote Wednesday in dismissing the suit.

I guess you are in the same category as the plaintiff?

You are helping Google make money for free whenever you are using one of their services. I fail to see the moral issue with that. If you don't want to help Google make money, don't use them.

In their defence, reCaptcha are fairly ubiquitous. Very difficult to avoid.

> Why should I help Google make money, for free?

Not for free, that's the point. You get access to Gmail.

ReCaptcha is not only used for GMail. I've never used GMail, in fact, yet I'm still filling out ten recaptchas a day.

can I sing you the little Blobby[0] song?

[0] http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#39

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