Mapgate Is Over. Apple Won. Customers Won. Google, Not So Much.

http://pandodaily.com/2012/09/29/mapgate-is-over-apple-won-customers-won-google-not-so-much/

by ColinWright • 14 years ago

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mtgx• 14 years ago

What is Pandodaily talking about? This has certainly been a PR nightmare for Apple, otherwise Tim Cook wouldn't be "extremely sorry" about it.

Customers won? That must be why only 1 in 25 iOS users is using Apple Maps right now:

http://gigaom.com/apple/after-fast-uptake-apple-maps-use-plu...

I don't think most people will easily trust Apple Maps over the next few years because of this "map-gate".

martythemaniak• 14 years ago

Those of us who follow politics know that there really isn't a limit on how far you can spin something. Even if every iPhone were bricked tomorrow, we'd still be reading about Apple's genius from the usual suspects (Gruber, Asymco, Marco, etc)

ljd• 14 years ago

I have an iPhone 5 that casually tells me to make a left against traffic to a 25ft drop to the freeway below. I'm not quite sure I'll forget that a product like this shipped out of Apple anytime soon.

I don't live in some obscure suburb or in a remote area, I live in Los Angeles.

j_baker• 14 years ago

I think Apple won in much the same way Microsoft won when Windows Vista came out. And much like Microsoft, I have no doubts that Apple will fix its maps app. But I think the damage is already done. Apple is no longer going to be known for being the company that gets every last detail right.

prpatel• 14 years ago

OMFG. Total, complete lack of understanding of Apple. I'm no fanboi of either iOS or Android (I actually have several of both).

"News accounts this week suggested that Google was caught off-guard by Apple’s decision to kick it off the iPhone"

WTF?! Last time I checked, Apple doesn't tell you jack shit about what they plan to do, even if (or especially if?) you're Google.

"The best thing about Tim Cook’s note is the part where he lists alternative maps apps for the iPhone. Sure, he had no choice, but this may be an unprecedented thing for Apple: Can you recall the company ever telling people that something it made isn’t as good as something made by others?"

Again, WTF?! Why doesn't Mapquest or Bing have an iOS app... hmmm... let me think... BECAUSE APPLE DOES NOT ALLOW IT. They clearly have said they won't let an App into the store that duplicates "built in" functionality.

I am beside myself that such utter bullshit would be written by none other than Farhad Manjoo.

Mapgate Is Over. Apple Won. Customers Won. Google, Not So Much.

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