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by freehunter 3070 days ago
I liked Google Maps on my iPhone right up until they started nagging me to sign in before I could get directions. The minute I saw that screen, the app was gone.
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(I'm a dev on google maps iOS) We have never required sign-in for directions, you could always just tap the destination field and start typing.

For a long long time that particular screen had no history whatsoever if you weren't signed in, but that's been fixed for a while now as well.

It's possible I misread the screen that popped up when I tried to search that said something along the lines of "Choose an account to sign in" instead of showing me the map I asked for, but if you're looking for product feedback: whatever screen it was, it was enough to get me to stop using the app.
On the flip side, if I weren't able to type "hom" and have it autocomplete to my home address I would be pretty pissed.