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That would be a legitimate concern but the article focuses so much on stuff like "look how much edits Apple made!!" that it's really hard to tell if it was a co

That would be a legitimate concern but the article focuses so much on stuff like "look how much edits Apple made!!" that it's really hard to tell if it was a concern for the author, at all; or if there are others (e.g. it spends about as much time talking about the governance concern as it talks about diversity in the governance body; so it's unclear if author is worried that companies might take over, or is just unpleased with the governance in general). Same as the parent poster, I'm baffled. This article makes no sense to me. If it had a point to made, it buried it in thousands of words of blabbering.

damnafrica 6y ago
If we look very well at it we see Apple made the most contributions to map Africa. Who's going to complain about that? Google, maybe? I guess african roads don't suit the google maps cars.
- londons_explore 6y ago
  It's also a curious business decision... Apple doesn't make much revenue in Africa, nor have many users there. Why direct all their mapping efforts there?
  - joosters 6y ago
    No-one said that Apple directs all (or even most, or even just a significant proportion) of their mapping efforts there. Should they ignore a continent?
  - pydry 6y ago
    It makes sense to commoditize their complement.
  - astrange 6y ago
    Diversity and inclusion?
  - xmprt 6y ago
    Africa is the largest growing continent and just like China has been an extremely important market for many companies, so too will many developing African countries. Apple would love to be the market leader there and any headstart they can get will pay dividends in the future.
    - sofixa 6y ago
      But Apple products are generally extremely expensive ( usually at least multiples of the cheapest equivalents), and that kind of thing doesn't sell well in underdeveloped developing nations, which cover most of Africa. Just look at median income and GDP PPP in China, and any African country. The mere fact that China is actively (kindof) neocolonising multiple different African countries should be telling as well.
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  Yeah and I guess American roads don't suit the google maps cars either. I mean just look at them: https://i1.wp.com/thirdeyemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1475-1.jpg?fit=2213%2C1660&ssl=1 https://i1.wp.com/thirdeyemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08...
  - mkl 6y ago
    That seems to be in Haiti: https://thirdeyemom.com/2017/08/02/what-it-is-like-to-drive-across-haiti-our-drive-from-port-au-prince-to-cap-haitien/ https://thirdeyemom.com/2017/08/02/what-it-is-like-to-drive-... (it's in the first slideshow).
    - BoorishBears 6y ago
      Yes exactly, a American country with terrible roads. How can Google map roads in the Americas with their terrible roads? We don't make distinctions between any African countries anymore so I think it's only fair we start treating the other continents the same way. (I mean of parts the US are close enough to third world countries anyways, 11 year olds dying in mobile homes because corrupt leaders hobbled basic utilities and all)
      - mkl 6y ago
        "American" implies it's in the USA, like if someone is described as "American", they're from the USA. European, Asian, African, Australian, North American, and South American all refer to the continent, Antarctican seems to be a similar word (without much use, unsurprisingly), but I don't think there is one for the whole Americas in English, because "American" isn't it.
        BoorishBears 6y ago
        Someone is from the Americas I'm going to call them American. What say do people from the continent get anyways? They're all the same sh*thole countries anyways with corrupt leaders full of murders and rapists right? One let a TV clown run them into the ground, another is run by drug cartels, awful continent. If I, a Ghanaian, have to constantly go by "African", then the US being lumped in with Hati shouldn't be inaccurate at all. Weird you thought otherwise.

damnafrica 6y ago

If we look very well at it we see Apple made the most contributions to map Africa. Who's going to complain about that? Google, maybe? I guess african roads don't suit the google maps cars.

londons_explore 6y ago
It's also a curious business decision... Apple doesn't make much revenue in Africa, nor have many users there. Why direct all their mapping efforts there?
- joosters 6y ago
  No-one said that Apple directs all (or even most, or even just a significant proportion) of their mapping efforts there. Should they ignore a continent?
- pydry 6y ago
  It makes sense to commoditize their complement.
- astrange 6y ago
  Diversity and inclusion?
- xmprt 6y ago
  Africa is the largest growing continent and just like China has been an extremely important market for many companies, so too will many developing African countries. Apple would love to be the market leader there and any headstart they can get will pay dividends in the future.
  - sofixa 6y ago
    But Apple products are generally extremely expensive ( usually at least multiples of the cheapest equivalents), and that kind of thing doesn't sell well in underdeveloped developing nations, which cover most of Africa. Just look at median income and GDP PPP in China, and any African country. The mere fact that China is actively (kindof) neocolonising multiple different African countries should be telling as well.
BoorishBears 6y ago
Yeah and I guess American roads don't suit the google maps cars either. I mean just look at them: https://i1.wp.com/thirdeyemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1475-1.jpg?fit=2213%2C1660&ssl=1 https://i1.wp.com/thirdeyemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08...
- mkl 6y ago
  That seems to be in Haiti: https://thirdeyemom.com/2017/08/02/what-it-is-like-to-drive-across-haiti-our-drive-from-port-au-prince-to-cap-haitien/ https://thirdeyemom.com/2017/08/02/what-it-is-like-to-drive-... (it's in the first slideshow).
  - BoorishBears 6y ago
    Yes exactly, a American country with terrible roads. How can Google map roads in the Americas with their terrible roads? We don't make distinctions between any African countries anymore so I think it's only fair we start treating the other continents the same way. (I mean of parts the US are close enough to third world countries anyways, 11 year olds dying in mobile homes because corrupt leaders hobbled basic utilities and all)
    - mkl 6y ago
      "American" implies it's in the USA, like if someone is described as "American", they're from the USA. European, Asian, African, Australian, North American, and South American all refer to the continent, Antarctican seems to be a similar word (without much use, unsurprisingly), but I don't think there is one for the whole Americas in English, because "American" isn't it.
      - BoorishBears 6y ago
        Someone is from the Americas I'm going to call them American. What say do people from the continent get anyways? They're all the same sh*thole countries anyways with corrupt leaders full of murders and rapists right? One let a TV clown run them into the ground, another is run by drug cartels, awful continent. If I, a Ghanaian, have to constantly go by "African", then the US being lumped in with Hati shouldn't be inaccurate at all. Weird you thought otherwise.