Apple Maps falls in that category. Maps was bad when it came out but after years of effort (and a lot of money), it's pretty good now. That was no small feat given how good Google Maps already was when Apple Maps started.
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Looks like I pissed in someone’s cereal. Didn’t mean to, but different strokes, and all that…
I was just recounting actual personal experience, which, I suppose, isn’t popular, hereabouts.
Just for context, I have been writing Apple programs, since 1986. I am totally committed to their products, and their vision (although I have no opinion, –yet– on their Vision), and have every right to be critical. Those of us that have been on the ride for that long, have seen a very bumpy road.
But it gave me a route where I need to turn left right after taking a right-turn ramp, except that the left turning line are separated by road dividers before the exit of the ramp. So I would need to either go wrong direction and do a 180, or bulldoze the dividers. As a comparison, Google Map never gave me that route in the past.
This happened in a moderately sized town so I guess I will still stick to Google Map for now.
Not a great first impression. Also while I can view Apple Maps via a third party like DuckDuckGo, you can only report a map issue through an Apple device, so I guess it's staying wrong.
Still weird either way.
In smaller countries though, it's total rubbish. Samoa, travel guidance is nearly non-existent. Tahiti, very patchy. In those countries, Google Maps was perfect.
However, one bug that is a showstopper in AM is the dreaded “can’t reach the server now”, which I get probably more than half the time I try to use it, and with apparently no solution other than wait.
As a result, I just removed it from my phone.
* A pub that doesn't exist - there is one about 15 miles with that name, but there's never been one called that here.
* The local church is in the wrong place
* The opening hours of the local cafe are wrong (11:30-3:30 instead of 10:00-3:00)
* Business names aren't correct
Generally, if you are in a city it is fine, but don't use it if you are rural.
I don’t see the VisionOS play here and wonder if it’ll be Tim Apple’s first major fail at the helm. There’s no clear set of competitors or established industry for Apple to just polish like they have with most products. There’s not an obvious large tam for VR headsets and I’m skeptical optical ar is close. I don’t get it but I’m sure the internal Apple and board view it as a strong thesis.
Still glad it’s this and not a car.
Looking forward to how it plays out.
Ridiculous.
Gmaps also helped by enshittifying itself.