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Apple maps has a lot of weaknesses, particularly the search along route limitations that I bump into all the time. Mostly in the US it's "good enough" though.
by Maxburn 5y ago
Apple maps has a lot of weaknesses, particularly the search along route limitations that I bump into all the time. Mostly in the US it's "good enough" though.
BUT when I started seeing so many obvious advertising things going on in google maps the writing was on the wall. Lately the advert items started looking an awful lot like my starred places, that's some dark patterns I'm not going to put up with.
- threatofrain 5y agoStill better than partnering with Yelp, I would think. Apple Maps puts Yelp front and center like one of its star performers.
- Schiendelman 5y agoIt looks like it’s stopped doing that in some countries recently. I’ve seen tripadvisor, and some that are native photos!
- ericmay 5y agoTrue but at least they are kind of partnering with different companies and keeping additional ecosystems alive. Like using DDG for example.
- TheParkShark 5y agoHopefully this is going away soon enough. This is from iOS 14 last year, https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/26/apple-maps-will-let-users-leave-reviews-and-photos-in-latest-ios-14-beta https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/26/apple-maps-will-l....
- threatofrain 5y agoThat's odd, I'm on iOS 15 and don't see it yet.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoYeah for me apple maps is "good enough". OSM can be good for more details when you get to where you're going or make a stop.