News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020). Parent comment

Re:Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020) by nequo on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:57PM (#32405676)
> Google Maps is in the top 5 most downloaded iOS apps worldwide.

It was listed in 7th place in this 2021 year-end round-up:

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/02/apple-most-downloaded-a...

> So even Apple users don't want to use Apple Maps.

I don't think that this follows from your claim. I have both Google Maps and Apple Maps but use Google Maps only for street view. I use Apple Maps for nearly everything including navigation.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020) by impulser_ on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:20AM (#32407825)
> It was listed in 7th place in this 2021 year-end round-up

That's United States only.

Plus, we aren't even talking about Waze which is also owned by Google and probably has more users than Apple Maps.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020) by leobg on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:10AM (#32408303)
Apple has a version of Street View that I find even better than Google’s. Just seems not available for as many places.

I wish there was a VR mode where you can turn your view by rotating the phone.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google Maps' moat is evaporating (2020) by LaSombra on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:15AM (#32409120)
And I think that's one of the main problems with Apple Maps. Once you leave main metropolitan areas, the features start to dwindle.
[ Parent | on HN ]