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Jake Coppinger

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> Added an experimental referral link "Details on Kayak" for some hotels that are already present in OpenStreetMap. Booking a hotel using this link will give a few dollars to Organic Maps as a donation toward the project development. This is not expected to bring in much, but every dollar counts.

Is this worth it if the expected revenue is low? I fear Organic Maps may turn into Maps.me (or is there context I’m missing?)

I recommend Organic Maps _because_ it’s free of advertising

23 Nov 2023 at 10:35 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.jakecoppinger.com
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@jake Does a link where you can see more details about a hotel, images, availability, and even book it count as advertising? It's not different than a link to a Facebook page, except if you book something on Kayak, OM gets a bit of your money. Consider it as an experimental form of donation.

23 Nov 2023 at 13:12 | Open on fosstodon.org
Justin

@organicmaps @jake Yes, referral links are a form of advertising. The difference between that and a Facebook link is you don't get kickbacks from Facebook links to incentivize them over competing services.

23 Nov 2023 at 18:37 | Open on en.osm.town
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Justin

@organicmaps @jake That discussion does not in any way refute the fact that referral links are a well known form of advertising. The fact the app includes other commercial links (from OSM, no less) does not refute the fact you are getting paid to promote a particular business. You might as well say paid ads in YouTube video descriptions aren't ads because the referral links are next to social media links. It's nonsense.

24 Nov 2023 at 0:58 | Open on en.osm.town
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