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The War with the Customer

The Amazing iOS 6 Maps

September 20, 2012

http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/

Completely justified criticism. Google had the better part of a decade to refine its maps and data. Why Apple thought they could just, BOOM, compete with that, I’ll never know. Yes, it’ll get better over time — but being years late to the party makes it likely that they’ll never catch up.

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