Perhaps, but there is an undeniable PR cost that Apple has paid in having to stand around waiting for Google to come rescue their users from a terrible product.

Perhaps, but there is an undeniable PR cost that Apple has paid in having to stand around waiting for Google to come rescue their users from a terrible product. That said, I don't think anyone outside the tech news echo chamber actually cares about this crap. But it definitely has shown the tech world that are chinks in Apple's armor.