Spoken like a true CEO. Everyone reading into this "it must be Apple's fault because Google said they're innocent", congratulations, you've been trolled by corp

Spoken like a true CEO. Everyone reading into this "it must be Apple's fault because Google said they're innocent", congratulations, you've been trolled by corporate politics. Of course Google thinks it would have been better if Apple kept their maps, they lost license revenue and a bunch of all-important user metrics with the change. The above statement is in no way absolution of Google's involvement in the decision. It's just a tactful response to a situation where fanboys on both sides of the fence are going to go apoplectic over anything more specific. The second sentence after that quote could just have easily been "It's their call, all we were doing is asking for 10x licensing fees and a blanket agreement to stop suing Android handset makers for patent infringement, which I think is perfectly reasonable. They got all mad at us and said they'd do their own maps instead. They're totally at fault here."