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Re:The Time I “Interviewed” At Apple by badman_ting on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:43PM (#6496793)
Good point, and Maps is a good example. Apple's whole image is around "it just works", so things are expected to just work. "If you're not embarrassed by it, you waited too long to release it" doesn't really work in Apple's case.
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Re:The Time I “Interviewed” At Apple by rohansingh on Friday October 04, 2013 @02:33PM (#6497085)
I actually don't think Maps is a good example. I'd argue that Apple wouldn't have taken such heat and criticism if they'd launch Maps as an independent app, worked to iterate and improve it, and then baked it into iOS as a Google Maps replacement when it was good and ready.
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Re:The Time I “Interviewed” At Apple by MikeCapone on Friday October 04, 2013 @02:59PM (#6497240)
It's very likely that their hand was forced by Google's contract renewal.
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Re:The Time I “Interviewed” At Apple by sejje on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:42PM (#6497484)
Doesn't seem to change his point.
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Re:The Time I “Interviewed” At Apple by YOSPOS on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:56PM (#6497549)
It does if you think having an iPhone without a Maps app by default is unacceptable.
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