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Why did you feel that Organic Maps was not good enough for you?
Is your area not properly mapped on OpenStreetMap or was the app not good enough for you?
Area is pretty outdated in OSM. No bus/train schedule, car accident alerts on place, places reviews from users.
Well, we can all actively contribute to OSM to improve the maps. I personally enjoy doing it and knowing that the map data doesn't belong to a private company like Google.
I am used to check those on an external app from the service provider. I understand how that is an issue for you, but in my case I don't miss it.
this could be useful, indeed, but it is hard to implement while keeping user's privacy. It can also be unreliable if users don't report them properly.
I personally prefer it like this: it means less clutter on my maps, and unfortunately online reviews have become quite useless in the last years: businesses push to remove negative review and buy fake positive reviews. I no longer trust them.
i already contributed to OSM in the past. my hometown became much more detailed because of this. also, on Yandex there is more info about places (prices, types of food f.e., some specific stuff, which is added by place hoster in time, no latency)
in our city all needed information about bus schedule provided +- exclusively through yandex so it is really needed
but it is still really useful feature :)
yandex local reviews are still fair, no company deleting comments bullshit so they are useful