I don't find it weird that people contribute to Google Maps (speaking as a >10yr OSM mapper) One only needs to consider "whats in it for me". Whats in it for t

I don't find it weird that people contribute to Google Maps (speaking as a >10yr OSM mapper) One only needs to consider "whats in it for me". Whats in it for them is that their edits show up on Google Maps. They use Google Maps, and so the service and product they use improves. The OSM "whats in it for me" is identical for the normal user. If normal users see that their app uses OSM then they would be more likely to edit it. This is why OSM requires attribution. It of course has additional benefits - edits are not moderated, anything can be edited, anywhere can be edited, you can get the data, if you have your own site you can make your own maps. For many normal users in both Google Maps and OSM they don't think about the Freedom aspect of their contributions (I'd imagine more would with OSM). More worrying - we have seen VC backed companies in the OSM ecosystem quite loudly state that the Freedom of the data is less important than getting people to use it, because they see people contributing to Google Maps and because in their minds non techies don't bother about Freedom.