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Apple is smarter than this. They would not have released such a half-baked replacement unless they were forced to. I suspect Google refused to renew knowing App
by epo 14y ago
Apple is smarter than this. They would not have released such a half-baked replacement unless they were forced to. I suspect Google refused to renew knowing Apple were working on a replacement but were not yet ready.
This is Apple's "Vista" moment and will inevitably draw the "wouldn't have happened under Jobs" comments. How Apple recovers will form business school study material for years to come.
- rahoulb 14y agoI'm not so sure they were forced to. I thought that too, initially, but another commenter somewhere else pointed out how hasty and nervy Google's "maps" announcement was, just before WWDC. In that context, it doesn't sound like something Google was wanting to happen.
- randomdata 14y agoWhat we do know is that Google raised their general prices for map access since the original deal with Apple was made. If we assume Google also wanted to increase the rate for Apple's access, it seems logical that they would be upset that they lost a multimillion dollar deal.