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.
Signed-off-by: Roman Tsisyk <roman@tsisyk.com>
