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It's odd to me that Google was allowed to go through growing pains, but another company attempting to do the same be criticized for it. Seriously - would you e
by shawnc 14y ago
It's odd to me that Google was allowed to go through growing pains, but another company attempting to do the same be criticized for it. Seriously - would you expect Google to make a different decision if the roles were reversed?
Re: your reply below. Well, that I believe. It had better be since it's had those years to perfect itself. And I can understand why people would be unhappy with the switch away from Google Maps on iOS - if it were as good as that on Android. Which is wasn't, and sounds like would have been an ordeal to make it so. Google didn't make the app, Apple did. Why put the effort into perfecting the Google Maps app, when they could put that same (more obviously) effort into perfecting their own?
- problemdomain 14y agoGoogle Maps was not rolled out to a hundred million preexisting devices in an abysmal state to replace a working solution, and for its entire existence has competed in a landscape where it has had major advantages over competitors, either on the basis of quality, or on the basis of price. If I crafted a questionable replica of Windows 3.11 and went out and installed it on a hundred million computers that had been running Windows 7, would you defend me because Microsoft had to go through growing pains, too? "Apple Maps" is late to the party, and forgot its clothes. Why be surprised at the response?