>I'm inclined to agree that iOS Maps wouldn't have got past Steve Jobs, because he was fanatical about the smallest details. I'm inclined to call this out. If

>I'm inclined to agree that iOS Maps wouldn't have got past Steve Jobs, because he was fanatical about the smallest details. I'm inclined to call this out. If it made business sense, Steve would have done the exact same thing. Especially if Apple had no choice to continue using Google Maps (because of Google demands, etc). Even worse regressions have happened under Steve's watch because they HAD to happen. E.g the move from PowerPC to Intel meant that all existing third party programs made until then had to run in a subpar, emulated, environment (Rosetta). Steve went along, because there was no way they could continue using PowerPC and still have a mobile processor roadmap.