At this point, just go full bananas and use SEP-2023/15

Yes and no. If I remember correctly, it was pokemon go utilizing OSM for the kind of Pokemon you could find in a given area which led to some manipulation. You could probably also get away with changing or hiding something in Nowhere, Idaho.

The bigger issue is probably outdated data. Shops or restaurants in urban areas change fairly quickly, it’s quite hard to keep up with those.

It’s probably VC money running dry. With interest rates higher than zero, we risking putting your money in some online firm that never made a profit when you can get 3-4ish% with hardly any risk.