Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze

Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by username223 on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:11PM (#16426781)

How do these things even exist? Obviously the people in the cars don't want them, and will never use them. Even the people A/B testing them should eventually figure that out.

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Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by mseebach on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:23AM (#16427852)

I suppose it's the "better horse" paradox. A/B testing can only get you incremental improvements, to make the leap from a really good horse to a car, you need to make a bet and sustain it for a bit to get people comfortable enough to decide to try it out.

That's not to say that whatever Waze is doing is a good idea, but that may well be the underlying mechanism for why they're trying.

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Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by _carl_jung on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:18AM (#16428072)

> better horse

I've been looking for a way to articulate this problem in A/B testing, thanks.

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Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by panarky on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @11:02AM (#16430380)

When hundreds of people try to ride the same horse at the same time, is it still better?

That's what I call a "better horse paradox".

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Re:Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze by pjc50 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @09:05AM (#16429481)

Presumably they get paid to put them in regardless of whether they are used; and enough people accidentally click it that it stays in use.

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