September 20, 2012 at 13:15If I were Google, I would release Maps for iOS 6 in six months
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So, iOS 6 is already among us , and sales of the new iPhone will begin this week. So soon (maybe) people will realize that the new Maps in iOS no longer work on Google. And that they are monstrous.
I won’t go into hundreds of technical details about why this happened, but let me say that when users get used to normal work for five years, and then they are deprived of it, they usually get angry or upset. I bet that all this will happen to users of Maps.
Apple decided to make their own application and stop working with Google, which has a cool world-class map product. That's cool, and Apple itself has the power to decide. However, if you think about users, the solution seems strange. Of course, you can do a lot with your location data, and Apple wants to own it. All right, good. But the “best-in-class experience” that Apple is so proud of is simply missing from the new Maps.
And if I were Google, then I would not release the Maps app on iOS 6 for at least six months, and that's why.
In Moscow, for example, new maps know Gorky Street ...
Let users know what real bad cards are and let them finally get angry with Apple. Let Apple explain why the Maps application has not yet been brought to mind and how much time and talent it takes to make something really wonderful. Let users ask Apple why the app they’ve been using for five years has been completely uninstalled.
And only then ... after a few months, let Google go on stage and save the situation with the stunning and excellent native Maps application for iOS 6. Will Apple allow this then, or will it again refer to the “basic functionality detector”?
That's what I did, be Google. But I am not him. Apple - You really shouldn't make jokes with things that work. I hope the next version of Maps in iOS 6 will be great. Otherwise, switch to Google. Until then, you can use the mobile version in Safari.
UPD: Google so ambiguously commented on the situation:
We believe that Google Maps are the most comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps in the world. Our goal is to make Google Maps accessible to anyone who wants to use it, regardless of device, browser or operating system.
I won’t go into hundreds of technical details about why this happened, but let me say that when users get used to normal work for five years, and then they are deprived of it, they usually get angry or upset. I bet that all this will happen to users of Maps.
Apple decided to make their own application and stop working with Google, which has a cool world-class map product. That's cool, and Apple itself has the power to decide. However, if you think about users, the solution seems strange. Of course, you can do a lot with your location data, and Apple wants to own it. All right, good. But the “best-in-class experience” that Apple is so proud of is simply missing from the new Maps.
And if I were Google, then I would not release the Maps app on iOS 6 for at least six months, and that's why.
In Moscow, for example, new maps know Gorky Street ...
Let users know what real bad cards are and let them finally get angry with Apple. Let Apple explain why the Maps application has not yet been brought to mind and how much time and talent it takes to make something really wonderful. Let users ask Apple why the app they’ve been using for five years has been completely uninstalled.
And only then ... after a few months, let Google go on stage and save the situation with the stunning and excellent native Maps application for iOS 6. Will Apple allow this then, or will it again refer to the “basic functionality detector”?
That's what I did, be Google. But I am not him. Apple - You really shouldn't make jokes with things that work. I hope the next version of Maps in iOS 6 will be great. Otherwise, switch to Google. Until then, you can use the mobile version in Safari.
UPD: Google so ambiguously commented on the situation:
We believe that Google Maps are the most comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps in the world. Our goal is to make Google Maps accessible to anyone who wants to use it, regardless of device, browser or operating system.