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by marxisttemp 533 days ago
This is because a) Google is a data-harvesting company and Apple is not, and b) the vast majority of businesses only update their info on Google due to market share (if they update their info anywhere).

You can verify this for yourself by looking up a business on Apple Maps and seeing if there’s a “Claim this Place” button.

It is very easy to submit corrections to Apple Maps and they usually accept them within a week.

For me personally, I would much rather use a superior maps app for maps, and use the data harvesting/advertising company’s website as a business directory, or ideally get the hours directly from the business’ website or social media profile since, like I mentioned previously, they often fail to update their info even on the data harvesting website.