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opinion guy wrote: »

Seriously that bad ? That's worse than expected! Stay on iOS5 for me so!

It'll be grand once Google release their standalone app. In fact, it will probably be better. Apple's old app was lacking a lot of Google Maps features. How bad the new maps end up being for users (and Apple) really depends on how long Google decide to wait to release their app.

It's hard to say whether the end of the Google Maps licensing agreement was Apple or Google's doing. Apple was almost certainly planning to drop Google anyway, but you have to wonder if Google decided to pull the plug early or refused to renew the agreement, knowing that Apple's own offering wouldn't be ready. But in all likelihood it was probably Apple wadding into yet another area they have limited experience in. I preferred it when Apple and Google got along.

Having said that, I don't think it's incumbent on Apple to provide a free, top of the line mapping service with their devices. As the new Youtube app shows, it's better if Google take care of the apps for their own services. We don't need everything to be integrated. But the replacement of Google Maps with Apple's own mapping is a downgrade whatever way you look at it. (Although the 3D is kinda cool.)