Apple Maps’ offering might surprise people who remember its disastrous launch in 2012, which the Guardian described as the company’s “first significant failure in years”. Users were more than furious – they were lost, sometimes dangerously so. In Australia, police had to rescue tourists from the huge Murray-Sunset national park, after Maps placed the city of Mildura in the wrong place by more than 40 miles. Some of the motorists located by police had been stranded for 24 hours without food or water. In Ireland, ministers had to complain directly to Apple after a cafe and gardens called “Airfield” was designated by the service as an actual airport.
But mostly the map was just glitchy and unhelpful, its directions always a little off kilter. Users revolted and Apple made a rare retreat, allowing Google Maps to be used as the default on many iPhone apps and apologizing for the product.
I will switch to Apple Maps when they get rid of the Yelp integration in exchange for their own system for reviewing restaurants and other establishments. Yelp is an absolute garbage company, and is the main reason I stick with Google Maps still.
Genuinely curious why you think Yelp is worse than Google?
Widely reported they’ve shaken businesses down for good reviews or to remove artificially-boosted bad reviews. I have no love for Google, but haven’t heard them fucking with local businesses in this manner. But beyond all of that, Yelp is an absolute bloated pain in the ass app/website.