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KoftaBob on Sept 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Organic Maps

Just a heads up for context:

"In November 2014, Maps.me was acquired by Mail.Ru Group for 542 million Russian rubles"

"On November 2, 2020, Daegu Limited bought Maps.me for 1.56 Billion Russian rubles. Daegu Limited is announced to be part of Parity.com Group"

"Parity.com Group is privately held and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. It was founded by Viktor Mangazeev and Alex Grebnev in 2018. "

https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-1473...

NelsonMinar on Sept 1, 2023 [–]

maps.me got turned into a cryptocurrency scam. It is bad software now, hence the great fork of Organic Maps.

CynicusRex on Sept 2, 2023 | [–]

And it soon will be again it seems https://organicmaps.app/donate/.

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