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The Corvette analogy isn't really appropriate. The bundled maps don't cripple CF, they just are not as current as we'd like them to be. A better analogy would be Chevrolet intoducing the ZR1 the day after selling you a Z06 as the fastest vette available.
In the software world, it is very rare to get a free upgrade for a major release version. For example, I purchased Call of Duty for PC. Did I get a free upgrade to Call of Duty 2 when it came out, or Call of Duty 4 after that? No. Do Windows XP users get a free upgrade to Vista? No.
If you think about it more, you don't get free updates on anything in life. I don't get a new stove for free every time Kenmore releases a newer one. I don't get a free upgrade on my car. And those things wear out. Software doesn't.
The Flux guys gave us a free upgrade to v2. They're basically giving their own labor away for free. However, they have to pay for the maps, so they can't give those away without bankrupting themselves. I really don't think that it is too much to ask for.
However, if you want to give your own time away for free, you could write a CF plugin that reads MapPoint or Streets & Trips or Delorme maps instead- or have it read google maps or openstreetmap data. Your choice. They give the SDK away for free, too.
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