Comment Re:iOS maps should have started as an App (Score 1) 561
The problem with doing that is that Apple's Maps only improves if people use it and report problems. If Apple left Google Maps as the default then no one would use Apple's maps and they'd be just as bad when finally released.
As it is, who knows if they'll ever get any better as some people have simply refused to use it as the results are very poor. If Google Maps is approved for the App Store the same thing will happen.
I remember a time when Google Maps results were quite poor as well, but they weren't any worse than any other company's so people continued to use them. Apple is literally 8 years late to the party.