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We're only talking about a demographic of ~5B people and 63 countries, don't be so hyperbolic: http://theunderstatement.com/post/31855177665/quantifying-the-imp
by kmfrk 14y ago
We're only talking about a demographic of ~5B people and 63 countries, don't be so hyperbolic: http://theunderstatement.com/post/31855177665/quantifying-the-impending-ios-6-maps-backlash http://theunderstatement.com/post/31855177665/quantifying-th....
- nostromo 14y agoThis is exactly my point about the hyperbole. As if 5 billion people are wandering alone in the wilderness today because of a new map app. To quote Steve Jobs, "Relax... it is just a phone."
- sirn 14y agoFrom the article: > The biggest losers are Brazil, India, Taiwan, and Thailand (population: 1.5 billion) which overnight will go from being countries with every maps feature (transit, traffic, and street view) to countries with none of those features, nor any of the new features either. To be fair, Apple's Maps in Bangkok is actually pretty good. We never have Street View until a few months ago (and it only covers central part of Bangkok). Google Maps transit was never really good here since it only contains data from BMTA, traffic is possibly the only thing I truly miss.
- mbesto 14y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but the complaints aren't based on lack of those features, but very poor POI and mapping. How does one provide statistics on that without end users actively documenting every mishap?