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I've contributed plenty to OSM, but not so much as a creative thing. I rarely upload photos to it. The question was about creative things we do.
While I agree my contributions help Google, I don't do it for them. I do it for the community. And frankly, they're mostly using Google maps.
They're only using Google maps because volunteers like you keep it up to date. Slack on Google and only help out OSM, an eventually the people will come.
I agree. You are helping in the short term, but in the long term, you are not. In the long term, you are empowering a monopoly that steals their freedom.