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In big airports, such as FRA, it can take 50 minutes to walk to the gate (if you’re lucky enough to have your gate in terminal 1). Checking the map is useful to see the estimated walking time and to get an overview of the route if you’re not already familiar with the airport.

However seeing the locations of the nearest fast food restaurants on the map is superfluous: they’re everywhere. My gate however is only in one location.

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I guess my point is that you can _still_ do that. It's not this OR that, it can be this and that.

You can still put your gate in google and it will give you walking directions.

I think OP’s point was that Google Maps prioritizes profitable POIs over useful POIs. Profit over UX. Whereas Apple Maps seems to do the opposite in this case. If I’d have to choose between seeing ads by default or the content that I actually need right now, I would pick the latter. You different?

I guess, I am, very much so. I've never picked up my phone to look at where my gate is, there are usually very big signs showing which way it is. I travel for work.

- UX focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need.

I would wager that more people look at their phone to find food, than to find their gate.

> I travel for work.

That seems important, since most people don't travel for work and only fly once per year or less. They might appreciate the extra confirmation they're going the right way.

I'd rather have the Apple map in this case. But of course, I'll stick to OSM!

As someone else pointed out, there are interchangeable shops and bathrooms everywhere. I have never felt any need to ask my phone where one is in an airport.

But the gate is singular, and time critical.

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