The issue is Apple Maps is still far behind Google Maps. It is far behind Waze. It is not close and the gap grows.
I am old and been an Apple fan for a very long time. So I just do not get when it became acceptable at Apple to have poor products? They use to strive to provide the best and most importantly the best user experience.
If I can say take me to X and my mapping takes me to X that is the ideal user experience. Versus with Apple I say take me to X and it wants to take me to Y which is 300 miles away!
Saying take me to X and it tells me that it will be closed before I get there is a far better user experience.
And please do not tell me it is because of no access to data. Read their privacy agreement.
For some odd reason it is now acceptable and even defended for Apple to provide poor products.
Now if they do self driving vehicles and they kill people are we going to say well it is good enough? Or say well that is because they do not have data?
Here is a great site that lays out how Apple Maps is NOT closing the gap but instead the gap is growing. Why on earth does this not bother Apple?
The issue is Apple Maps is still far behind Google Maps. It is far behind Waze. It is not close and the gap grows
This isn't true at all. When I was in Japan recently I was so grateful I owned an iPhone with Apple maps, as Google maps could never send me to the correct location, and Apple maps got it right every time.
You are mischaracterizing Apple maps. Try it for a month. That one blog post that everyone cites here doesn't tell the whole story. Also, I get significant peace of mind knowing that I'm not being fed POI data based on who is the highest bidder the way things work in Waze and GMaps.
I am old and been an Apple fan for a very long time. So I just do not get when it became acceptable at Apple to have poor products? They use to strive to provide the best and most importantly the best user experience.
If I can say take me to X and my mapping takes me to X that is the ideal user experience. Versus with Apple I say take me to X and it wants to take me to Y which is 300 miles away!
Saying take me to X and it tells me that it will be closed before I get there is a far better user experience.
And please do not tell me it is because of no access to data. Read their privacy agreement.
https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/
For some odd reason it is now acceptable and even defended for Apple to provide poor products.
Now if they do self driving vehicles and they kill people are we going to say well it is good enough? Or say well that is because they do not have data?
Here is a great site that lays out how Apple Maps is NOT closing the gap but instead the gap is growing. Why on earth does this not bother Apple?
https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat/