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iOS 18.4 Adds a Highly-Requested Setting to iPhones — But Not in U.S.
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con2apple
macrumors 6502
But Apple knows best and the EU is just a dictatorship that destroys the perfect Apple ecosystem and drives all Apple users into the clutches of criminals.
Wasn't that the case?
At least that's how I understood the previous EU articles. A free decision by the user must be prevented at all costs.
dwaltwhit
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Because at the end of the day, macrumors has to pay the bills and does so through clicks.
ThomasJL
macrumors 68020
As much as I despise Google and would prefer to use Apple products over Google products, Google Maps is significantly better than Apple Maps in terms of accuracy. And that shows Tim Cook's hypocrisy: Cook fired the visionary Scott Forstall because Forstall wouldn't apologize for Apple Maps being problematic when launched in 2012. Well, Cook has now had 12 years to make Apple Maps better than Google Maps, and despite Apple being worth trillions, Apple Maps is still inferior to Google Maps. Cook is a miser who doesn't want to spend money to fix bugs and improve functionality in Apple's software. Tightwad Tim refuses to spend money because he is overly focused on maximizing profits for shareholders.
Or, more accurately, “iOS 8.4 adds the ability to choose your navigation app in the EU”—as there are more jurisdictions than the US and the EU.
In your area. Where I live, Apple Maps is more up to date.
I do wish online publications would have a more global approach, since their readership is global. If this feature is only in the EU, why not say *that* in the headline "only in the EU"? Singling out the US continues to be an annoyance for those of us not in the US, such as those of us in Canada.
Apple Maps is fantastic is my area (Province of BC, Canada), so I suspect that using the *Feedback* feature might be a better use of time than over-generalizing the app's failure here in a forum? Send in corrections to Apple so the app actually improves.
Oddly enough, I had this feature in the first 2 betas, but it seems to be missing from the latest one. Unless I'm missing something (in EU)
Edit: Ah, sorry, it moved from the main Settings page to Apps. My bad!
Edit: Ah, sorry, it moved from the main Settings page to Apps. My bad!
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
Maybe it's more accurate, but I find the app itself is worse / slower than Apple's. That's just Google being Google though.
75Batt
macrumors 6502
jml12286
macrumors regular
I find Apple maps has been better than google. It will tell me to turn sooner than what I have found with google maps telling me to turn somewhere almost after I've passed the turn. I use both to route stuff here in Colorado, and I've found Apple to figure out the better options through all the mountains a majority of the time. But maybe its different elsewhere....
macfacts
macrumors 603
SidricTheViking
macrumors 6502
BuddyRich
macrumors regular
Nature is (slowly and partially healing - sorry US residents)... setting a default navigation app was possible way back before Apple Maps came out in iOS6 in 2013... Fun times using Navigon on my tiny 3GS screen.
SDJim
macrumors 6502a
Nice for those who care. I don't and have been using Apple Maps exclusively for several years now (former exclusive Google Maps user). To be clear, I am a daily user. I haven't found anything t complain about in a long time, especially with some of the more recent feature additions.
Why use an app that won’t give you the results you are searching for in the first place? If I want to find someplace to eat I have the choice between the app that have a lot of places missing and the one that doesn’t, why would I use the former? I just checked in my immediate area (middle of the capital city) and instantly found multiple things wrong like missing restaurants or charging streets showing the incorrect number of chargers.
Especially since Google Maps doesn’t send you the wrong way on one-way streets when navigating and has actual reviews of places.
Veinticinco
macrumors 68020
Which is understandable, but then there was also a prominent front page feature earlier today highlighting a click-through "launch day" offer with $50 off the new M4 MBAs via MR's affiliate retail partners. I have less far issue with that than the Daily Mail-esque headlines to be honest, which just annoy.
AppliedMicro
macrumors 68040
iOS is Apple’s IP. So they’re free to offer this useful and highly requested setting in other regions of the world.
Competition and choice is good for consumers like you (and me) 👍
EricNau
Moderator emeritus
In general I’m in favor of choice and competition, but I can understand why Apple is reluctant to offer it in this case (beyond just the normal anti-competitive behavior, which we’ve all come to expect from the big tech companies).
It’s funny to me how many people still think Google is the only maps game in town, and that just isn’t true. Apple Maps is a very strong contender these days, but it can’t seem to shake its reputation from 10 years ago.
Personally I can’t stand using Google maps. It’s poorly designed in a way that impacts readability and usability, and it’s more interested in showing me a business that paid for placement rather than the locations I’m actually searching for. Whereas Apple Maps was designed with readability as a priority, and I’ve found the map data to be equally reliable. (Perhaps the one exception to this is data that’s crowdsourced, like a shop’s opening hours, but that’s less important to me than being able to find it in the first place.)
It’s funny to me how many people still think Google is the only maps game in town, and that just isn’t true. Apple Maps is a very strong contender these days, but it can’t seem to shake its reputation from 10 years ago.
Personally I can’t stand using Google maps. It’s poorly designed in a way that impacts readability and usability, and it’s more interested in showing me a business that paid for placement rather than the locations I’m actually searching for. Whereas Apple Maps was designed with readability as a priority, and I’ve found the map data to be equally reliable. (Perhaps the one exception to this is data that’s crowdsourced, like a shop’s opening hours, but that’s less important to me than being able to find it in the first place.)
UliBaer
macrumors 6502a
Happily seeing forward to finally being able to use Magic Earth as my default navigation app! 😀👍
BTW:
Completely free, very good routing, offline maps, often updated crowd sourced OpenStreetMaps data and even a dash cam, if you want it! 👍 Homepage: https://www.magicearth.com/
[edit] Forgot: ...and absolutely NO ads!
BTW:
Completely free, very good routing, offline maps, often updated crowd sourced OpenStreetMaps data and even a dash cam, if you want it! 👍 Homepage: https://www.magicearth.com/
[edit] Forgot: ...and absolutely NO ads!
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Interesting how individual such things are. I do think Apple Maps has come a long way but I just find Google maps to be cleaner, better choice of colors, graphics, fonts, etc. to make it clearer and without eating up too much of the actual map. And I'm a person that's very eager to switch over to Apple maps because I like the better integration. It's real close now but I still favor Google for now. To each their own....