Apparently they offered PadMapper paid access but PadMapper declined. Articles like this make PadMapper look even worse to me.
And sloppy journalism. Why won't anyone ask PadMapper why they decided against? This is like half of a linkbait article. The fact that CL offered paid access was in last week's HN stories. I bet there's a breathless follow-up article with that fact, trolling for additional page views.
Most users use padmapper through the website. CL offered a license only for mobile apps, which, depending on your point of view "a license with a crappy option, but a license nonetheless", or "a license that's completely not applicable".
And sloppy journalism. Why won't anyone ask PadMapper why they decided against? This is like half of a linkbait article. The fact that CL offered paid access was in last week's HN stories. I bet there's a breathless follow-up article with that fact, trolling for additional page views.