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by scarface74 2555 days ago
Apple didn’t “delete Google Maps” when Apple maps came out.

The Maps app was written by Apple from day one. It used Google’s data. Google wouldn’t allow Apple to do turn by turn directions without Apple giving Google more user data. Apple had to either find other sources for map data or give up user privacy.

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> Google wouldn’t allow Apple to do turn by turn directions without Apple giving Google more user data.

As I recall the reporting at the time, it was a choice of either more data or more money for turn-by-turn navigation.