Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won
by EpicEng on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:16PM
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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
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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.
Re:Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won
by Iftheshoefits on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:25PM
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"[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.