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The why doesn't Apple do what other companies and industries typically do in a situation where there is one dominant player? Get everyone else to join a single
by mtgx 9y ago
The why doesn't Apple do what other companies and industries typically do in a situation where there is one dominant player? Get everyone else to join a single open solution and then start attacking Google for not being open with its maps.
Get Microsoft, Tom Tom, Samsung - everyone else - to work on OSM.
Right now, Apple is basically building the "Windows Phone" of map solutions, because it "wants to be different", and making the same mistake Nokia did in smartphones.
They should get over their own egos and actually choose the option with the highest chance of success against Google Maps.
- post_break 9y agoBecause xkcd:927 It will never happen.
- cooper12 9y agoIf it's to their advantage, it will happen. See the AV1 codec, which Apple joined along with other industry giants as an alternative to patent-encumbered video codecs.
- maxerickson 9y agoMicrosoft and Samsung have both made pretty big investments in OpenStreetMap. Samsung funded Mapzen for a couple years and Microsoft has long provided both permission to use their aerial imagery and the server resources for that to happen.