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by problemdomain 5007 days ago
Google Maps was not rolled out to a hundred million preexisting devices in an abysmal state to replace a working solution, and for its entire existence has competed in a landscape where it has had major advantages over competitors, either on the basis of quality, or on the basis of price.

If I crafted a questionable replica of Windows 3.11 and went out and installed it on a hundred million computers that had been running Windows 7, would you defend me because Microsoft had to go through growing pains, too?

"Apple Maps" is late to the party, and forgot its clothes. Why be surprised at the response?