For stupid acquisitions, look no further than everything Andy Rubin bought, from Motorola to robotics companies.
Nokia Maps pre-existed Waze and wouldn't have benefited from purchasing it.
That used to be the case, but they’ve rapidly improved while Google Maps on iOS has mostly stagnated. There’s feature in Apple Maps on iOS 13 that I find useful that nobody else has even.
I’m citing Wikipedia for conciseness. You can look up the article’s references for citations.
Where is the data that large numbers of people aren't installing Google Maps on iOS despite iOS crippling third party maps apps? Not in your link.
Btw, you can trigger Google Maps with Siri by creating a simple shortcut and when you search for a place on google. It launches Google Maps.
That does not contradict the fact that many people install Google Maps. Reread my comments.
> Btw, you can trigger Google Maps with Siri by creating a simple shortcut and when you search for a place on google.
That does not make it work in all apps.
The app is crippled in iOS, yet people still go out of their way to use it to avoid the dumpster fire that is Apple Maps, many years after Apple Maps launched. If Apple Maps existed on Android, it would have barely any users at all, even though Apple Maps would have access to exactly the same APIs as Google Maps on Android. I'm sure Apple would like to have the traffic data that Android users could provide, but they understand that they can't get that data if nobody uses their app.