[F-Droid] Remove a referral code from “Photos, reviews, booking” #7262

rtsisyk · 2024-01-28T17:00:47Z

rtsisyk commented

2024-01-28 17:00:47 +00:00

The experimental “Photos, reviews, booking” link displayed for certain hotels provides a convenient way to view information about a selected hotel and compare pricing offers using kayak.com third-party service. The referral bonus earned for every booking made through this link contributes to the development of Organic Maps, as explicitly communicated to the user on the first click. The referral bonus is mostly symbolic (it earned ~$100) and is not as important as the convenience of checking information.

F-Droid has decided to mark the entire app with discriminatory “This app contains advertising” anti-feature label just because of the presence of “Photos, reviews, booking”. This decision was motivated by a very particular (mis-)interpretation of F-Droid's ambiguous anti-feature rules that don't provide any clear details. As of now, no clarification of the rules has been provided. We don't have time and intention to deal with this legal vacuum. This patch removes the referral code from the link to dispel all doubts.

The experimental “Photos, reviews, booking” link displayed for certain hotels provides a convenient way to view information about a selected hotel and compare pricing offers using kayak.com third-party service. The referral bonus earned for every booking made through this link contributes to the development of Organic Maps, as explicitly communicated to the user on the first click. The referral bonus is mostly symbolic (it earned ~$100) and is not as important as the convenience of checking information. F-Droid has decided to mark the entire app with discriminatory “This app contains advertising” anti-feature label just because of the presence of “Photos, reviews, booking”. This decision was motivated by a very particular (mis-)interpretation of F-Droid's ambiguous anti-feature rules that don't provide any clear details. As of now, no clarification of the rules has been provided. We don't have time and intention to deal with this legal vacuum. This patch removes the referral code from the link to dispel all doubts.

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                              const std::string & kayakHotelName, uint64_t kayakCityId,
                              time_t firstDay, time_t lastDay);
                              time_t firstDay, time_t lastDay, bool isReferral = true);

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