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Relying on someone else's platform for a core feature continues to be a bad idea. Being the richest company on the planet doesn't change that, at least when the
by ConstantineXVI 14y ago
Relying on someone else's platform for a core feature continues to be a bad idea. Being the richest company on the planet doesn't change that, at least when the someone else is too big (or unwilling) to be bought.
- teamonkey 14y agoThey're still relying on TomTom for this core feature (although less so than they relied on Google). I think the message is that relying on a competitor's platform for a core feature is a bad idea.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoTomTom's just providing data, they can be (relatively) easily replaced without the user knowing. I'd be surprised if Apple couldn't flip a switch and make OSM the primary data for the USA if they wanted to. Using Google, Apple was more or less totally at their mercy. Google sent an API and Apple implemented it; and Apple doesn't get much of a say in what they can do with the maps. If Google's data is wrong, Apple couldn't do anything about it.