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I guess in that sense, my 'map app' (a photo of the street I live on) also surpasses google's because it doesn't have any ads.

No, maps are not of any use if you can't use them and rely on them. It has nothing to do with how Google chose to monetize it. If your ad-free version works well enough - great. But the whole point is that the new maps don't work well enough.