Google Maps is funded by corporations who want to mine your data and sell you stuff, whether you need it or not. OpenStreetMaps is funded by... well, actually,

Google Maps is funded by corporations who want to mine your data and sell you stuff, whether you need it or not. OpenStreetMaps is funded by... well, actually, it's complicated. There are lots of individual donations, but there is also money by Amazon, Facebook and Apple. And some other corporations. Regardless - consider making a donation: https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ I would also entreat you to ask OSM to get off corporate funding. And of course, if you can, contribute map data about where you live.