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Assuming it was acceptable to both parties, why wasn't it possible to add turn-by-turn capability to the existing Google-powered app and ship that instead? Is t

Assuming it was acceptable to both parties, why wasn't it possible to add turn-by-turn capability to the existing Google-powered app and ship that instead? Is this something that couldn't have been done without major changes?

adambratt 14y ago
I think this is what point #2 covered. Google was willing to add in more functionality but only if Apple would give them an increased amount of branding. Apple didn't want to answer to Google so they decided to build their own.
- masklinn 14y ago
  > Google was willing to add in more functionality may have been willing and to let apple access. The application itself was never under Google control, only under Google API restrictions.
  - rimantas 14y ago
    which forbid turn-by-turn navigation, iirc.
    - masklinn 14y ago
      Indeed, and vector maps. Hence the need for getting access to more stuff.
jamesaguilar 14y ago
The reason can be found in the negation of the first seven words of your comment.