OMFG. Total, complete lack of understanding of Apple. I'm no fanboi of either iOS or Android (I actually have several of both).
"News accounts this week suggested that Google was caught off-guard by Apple’s decision to kick it off the iPhone"
WTF?! Last time I checked, Apple doesn't tell you jack shit about what they plan to do, even if (or especially if?) you're Google.
"The best thing about Tim Cook’s note is the part where he lists alternative maps apps for the iPhone. Sure, he had no choice, but this may be an unprecedented thing for Apple: Can you recall the company ever telling people that something it made isn’t as good as something made by others?"
Again, WTF?! Why doesn't Mapquest or Bing have an iOS app... hmmm... let me think... BECAUSE APPLE DOES NOT ALLOW IT. They clearly have said they won't let an App into the store that duplicates "built in" functionality.
I am beside myself that such utter bullshit would be written by none other than Farhad Manjoo.
"News accounts this week suggested that Google was caught off-guard by Apple’s decision to kick it off the iPhone"
WTF?! Last time I checked, Apple doesn't tell you jack shit about what they plan to do, even if (or especially if?) you're Google.
"The best thing about Tim Cook’s note is the part where he lists alternative maps apps for the iPhone. Sure, he had no choice, but this may be an unprecedented thing for Apple: Can you recall the company ever telling people that something it made isn’t as good as something made by others?"
Again, WTF?! Why doesn't Mapquest or Bing have an iOS app... hmmm... let me think... BECAUSE APPLE DOES NOT ALLOW IT. They clearly have said they won't let an App into the store that duplicates "built in" functionality.
I am beside myself that such utter bullshit would be written by none other than Farhad Manjoo.