This could be things that once were commercialized but are now public domain, or have largely resisted commercialization to this day. In this context I mean this as aiming for profit and being sold/monetized.

    • RobotToaster@mander.xyz
      3·
      10 months ago

      Unfortunately the original non-profit hobby got co-opted by a corporation.

      There’s opencaching but it’s dead.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
      1·
      10 months ago

      Run by a for-profit company and they do hide a lot of features and even caches behind a premiun subscription.

      It’s not that bad though, most do just fine without paying a cent.

        • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
          5·
          10 months ago

          I know, I solely use CGEO. It’s awesome. I’ve even logged one premium cache just for the hell of it. It’s just good to mention to people that there’s this premium thing since people bump into it anyway.

            • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
              3·
              10 months ago

              You can go around it but it’s annoying and not really intended for anyone but premium subscribers.

              Premium-only caches: Find geocaches designated for Premium members only.

              Premium-only caches offer VIP access to thousands of additional geocaches all around the world. Cache owners decide if their geocache pages can be seen by all members or only by Premium members.

              Dunno why some decide to set them premium only

                • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  From what I gathered is that some caches over a certain difficulty are set as “advanced caches” and don’t show up in the official website or app to people without premium.