Never get confused about what hes doing. He is not giving it to the world, he's trying to ensure that the competitors have no proprietary advantage that can overcome network effects. They have some other plan to monetize it, and seeing as it's Meta, I'd be willing to bet it's predatory.

It's similar reasoning to Meta being the largest contributor to OSM. Google already has the commercial advantage on maps, and that's the key difference, but if OSM can beat Google on accuracy then they're not a monopoly player anymore.

Make no mistake, his goal is to beat Google and take their position in the tech industry. 

 Exactly what I was thinking. If you're late to the party, undercutting your rivals by making it #opensource is pretty much all you can do.  

 Isn't it good though if facebook blows money on Open street maps? 

 Yeah, we get resources for improved maps, but if Meta ever gets *control* of OSM, it will start undermining it the way Google does with chromium and Android. Their goal is not to give us something awesome for free, it's to try to take Google down a notch by reducing reliance on their maps. So we can't rest easy, but we can enjoy the benefit they give so long as we remain vigilant about their nature and true motive and avoid them abusing their influence on the project.