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Most interesting thing about this: Tim Cook explicitly pointing to other map services inside the App Store and outside of it tells me that if and when Google de
by arrrg 14y ago
Most interesting thing about this: Tim Cook explicitly pointing to other map services inside the App Store and outside of it tells me that if and when Google decides to submit a map app, it won’t be rejected.
- mtgx 14y agoThat was what I was thinking. Hopefully he won't change his mind by the time Google launches it. Now let's wish for Apple to majorly screw up their next version of Safari, too ;)
- Maxious 14y agoThe weirdest thing about that is Bing app and Google in safari crash so much. Did nobody think to test plan B and get some workarounds in place?
- baggachipz 14y agoPerhaps that's why he pointed them out. ;)
- rmc 14y agoif and when Google decides to submit a map app, it won’t be rejected. Wouldn't it be phenominally stupid for Apple to not allow a Google Maps app for iOS? I mean that's publicity for Google right there. "Apple doesn't want you to have as good maps as you used to have" etc
- smackfu 14y agoThey did hold up Google Voice forever.
- arrrg 14y agoI never really thought that Apple would reject a Google Maps app, but there are people who were (and likely are still) completely convinced that Apple would reject an app from Google. That’s clearly not Apple’s goal here. Their goal was never to force out Google, their goal was to be able to take their destiny into their own hands and to make progress on Maps at least possible.
- josteink 14y agoMost interesting thing about this: ... when { a competitor } decides to submit { something better }, it won’t be rejected. This is why closed platforms are bad. If you aren't happy with the vendors supplied solution, you should be free to replace it with something which works better for you. Here Apple customers are sitting, hoping and waiting, for a competitor to come up with a solution which isn't fundamentally broken, and hoping that Apple wont block the competitor in offering them this better solution. They have to hope Apple wont block a better solution. I find that "interesting" to say the least. And I wont buy into it.
- fkdjs 14y agoTrue, Tim Cook is smart. He also makes sure Google quickly submits this by... suing every android partner of note. Hey, wait a minute.