Is there a widely accepted open source alternative to What3Words? (sh.itjust.works)

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It seems that what3words is proprietary. The app on AppStore expects 40€ annually for quite basic functionality, hard to see how something with potentially useful functionality can get global acceptance at these costs.

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[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, that all makes a lot of sense. Yeah, I can see this being really useful once apps have handled all the ways people might want to shorthand things.

this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026

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