So that makes it right for Apple to remove a great app and replace it with a piece of crap on a device that cost me $950?
Ok
if you have $950, you have the budget to spend $20-40 on a MAPS alternative...
and xmas time is coming around... you'll get them all on a great sale price
i did.. and i spent $50 2-3 years ago for tomtom usa... problem solved
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I don't think they did it out of arrogance. I mean putting the team in place and building the actual solution, not deciding to drop Google. I think they really thought they had what it took and understood what they were getting into, and probably didn't really know how broken it was until it was released to the world post-WWDC.
And when they did find out, it was too late to go back. Too much of iOS 6 depends on the new MapKit framework and going back to Google's version at that point was really a non-option unless they were willing to delay iOS 6 for a couple of weeks/months.
you're making good points but you cant be serious... Apple is a very arrogant company... mostly the output is good... their price model, their attempt at maps, their response to the antenna-gate... pure arrogance....
i love apple as a company b/c of the excellent detail in regard to customer experience and how all of their products and services are so robust and integrated..(with some exceptions)... but when apple drops the ball you can clearly see their arrogance..
software mistakes to this level were never committed under s.jobs... they took forever to unveil new functionality, but when they did, it worked...
i dont know the entire set of details with Apple/Google and the maps relationship fallout, but if apple spearheaded the divorce, that is very arrogant of them... they had a good thing going
i know people hate throwing shade @ apple on this forumn... but issues like these expose that Apple might be inferior in terms of software development compared to Google.. not saying that their products dont rock, or they Ace the overall customer experience, but software development isnt their strong suit amongst competitors