I'm a little surprised it's taken this long for OSM to get there, the basic technical pieces were available over a decade ago. I don't mean to complain about the free map service, it's excellent, and I recognize they focus more on the editing and data ownership. Serving is hard and expensive.
Mostly I wonder how much MapBox's dominance for a few years disrupted other efforts.
Mostly I wonder how much MapBox's dominance for a few years disrupted other efforts.