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		robk on Sept 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Apple maps app under fire from users Why? Google Maps is excellent. I'm not sure they need "marketing" in any way.

LVB on Sept 20, 2012 [–]

I'm talking about negative press towards Apple being a relative positive for Google. If in 6 months the first thing new iPhone users do is install the Google Maps app and hide the built-in Apple solution, then at least that portion of iOS 6 will be deemed a failure.

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