Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won

Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won by tptacek on Monday November 11, 2013 @12:49PM (#6712844)

Evidently, it's good enough for over 100MM people.

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Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won by EpicEng on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:16PM (#6712995)

People like my girlfriend who are either unaware of better alternatives or too lazy to look into it. It took me months to get her to download google maps, finally culminating in a small argument when apple maps sent us the wrong way in unfamiliar territory. Apple maps is far inferior.

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Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won by sillysaurus2 on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:17PM (#6713004)

People like my girlfriend who are either unaware of better alternatives or too lazy to look into it.

Isn't that the definition of "good enough"? If it were truly awful, then she'd be forced to look up an alternative, because it'd never work. So it must work well enough for her.

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Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won by Iftheshoefits on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:25PM (#6713051)

"[U]naware of better alternatives or too lazy to look into it" describes the vast majority of consumers. "Gullible and/or easily swayed by slick marketing" describes roughly the same set. That's why marketing works.

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Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won by tlrobinson on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:18PM (#6713009)

Ok, "when I know there are better options available"

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Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won by tptacek on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:31PM (#6713082)

I guess I was prompted to reply because I also installed Google Maps, but, like the 100MM+ people in this article, I never ever use it; I just tap the Apple Maps button, and I can't really think of a time where it screwed me.

These anecdotes about typing "20 Jay Street" and ending up at Niagara Falls are kind of silly. That's been my experience of all mapping applications, and, regardless of whether it happens more in Apple Maps (I'm sure it does!), the solution is so obvious I never even think about it; I just further qualify the address. "20 Jay Brooklyn" in Apple Maps, right next to a coffee roasting place near the bridge.

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Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won by ringdabell on Monday November 11, 2013 @02:13PM (#6713308)

When it screws you, trust me you'll remember it.

That said, while I use Apple Maps for the vast majority of the time, for certain non-major/obvious addresses, I find myself double-checking in GMaps.

What's really frustrating is that it throws out any errors at all in major cities like SF!

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Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won by tlrobinson on Monday November 11, 2013 @02:17PM (#6713328)

I've had it direct me and friends a mile or two from the actual location, which is far enough to be really inconvenient but not obviously wrong.

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