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90% isn't good enough. I don't want to be directed to the wrong location even 10% of the time if there are better options available.
by tlrobinson 13y ago
90% isn't good enough. I don't want to be directed to the wrong location even 10% of the time if there are better options available.
- tptacek 13y agoEvidently, it's good enough for over 100MM people.
- EpicEng 13y agoPeople like my girlfriend who are either unaware of better alternatives or too lazy to look into it. It took me months to get her to download google maps, finally culminating in a small argument when apple maps sent us the wrong way in unfamiliar territory. Apple maps is far inferior.
- sillysaurus2 13y agoPeople like my girlfriend who are either unaware of better alternatives or too lazy to look into it. Isn't that the definition of "good enough"? If it were truly awful, then she'd be forced to look up an alternative, because it'd never work. So it must work well enough for her.
- Iftheshoefits 13y ago"[U]naware of better alternatives or too lazy to look into it" describes the vast majority of consumers. "Gullible and/or easily swayed by slick marketing" describes roughly the same set. That's why marketing works.
- tlrobinson 13y agoOk, "when I know there are better options available"
- tptacek 13y agoI guess I was prompted to reply because I also installed Google Maps, but, like the 100MM+ people in this article, I never ever use it; I just tap the Apple Maps button, and I can't really think of a time where it screwed me. These anecdotes about typing "20 Jay Street" and ending up at Niagara Falls are kind of silly. That's been my experience of all mapping applications, and, regardless of whether it happens more in Apple Maps (I'm sure it does!), the solution is so obvious I never even think about it; I just further qualify the address. "20 Jay Brooklyn" in Apple Maps, right next to a coffee roasting place near the bridge.
- ringdabell 13y agoWhen it screws you, trust me you'll remember it. That said, while I use Apple Maps for the vast majority of the time, for certain non-major/obvious addresses, I find myself double-checking in GMaps. What's really frustrating is that it throws out any errors at all in major cities like SF!
- tlrobinson 13y agoI've had it direct me and friends a mile or two from the actual location, which is far enough to be really inconvenient but not obviously wrong.
- archgrove 13y agoI wasn't referring to a 10% error rate, just a 90% "You can use Apple maps to solve this problem" rate. I've not had any significant error rate with my use cases for a while now. The 10% use cases I was referring to are the "I want to find generic type of business in this area" case, and the "I need a street view of this" case, both of which are (for me) comparatively rare versus searching for a post-code or known address.