Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: App]le Maps Date: 23 Oct 2015 22:14:22 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <562897f3$0$27876$b1db1813$2411a48f@news.astraweb.com> <221020151939385313%star@sky.net> <231020151447353963%nospam@nospam.invalid> <562aad24$0$62773$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net JzWNtvAnU2ii5fFpf4SoTgNVXyuhQ8h3Kpj8biwdm+kjpj/t8q Cancel-Lock: sha1:xzX0dcvRFuLQpbZIbcfIJj1Nas8= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:84049 On 2015-10-23, JF Mezei wrote: > On 2015-10-23 14:47, nospam wrote: > >> google refused to allow turn by turn directions, so apple had no choice >> but do their own maps. > > This was during Steve Jobs era. Nobody really knows what really went on. Uhh, not sure which rock you were hiding under at the time, but it was common knowledge and was absolutely no secret. >> plus, google was collecting vast amounts of customer data about how and >> where iphones and ipads were being used. > > Guess what ? It still does because that is what people use because Apple > Maps, while cute, is not reliable as a mapping product. Nonsense. I use Apple Maps and haven't had to run Google Maps more than 3 times this year. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR