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TomPMRI said:

So, the optical zoom periscope camera lens is being kicked down the road for a future iPhone?

RudeBoyRudy said:

Regardless of the financial state of Spotify. It runs circles around Apple Music. Just a better recommendation and playlist experience.

ihatescreennames said:

dominikhoffmann said:

What would help is allowing community members to edit and correct map details.

Apple Maps has a button that says “Report an Issue”. That button is in a few spots within AM and can be used to report issues with a business (such as incorrect hours, incorrect locations on the map, business moved or closed, etc), to report errors in navigation, etc. It’s there for anyone to use. The issue gets reported then fixed, sometimes Apple will ask for more information before a fix is issued.

maltz said:

dominikhoffmann said:

With Apple’s loyal following, I would think that an army of willing editors could easily be found who conscientiously would make edits. This could propel Apple Maps ahead and would likely help especially in markets outside of the U.S., on which Apple places a lower priority (case in point: today’s news that Apple Pay is rolling out in Morocco, nine years after its inception).

Apple's following may be loyal, but its user base - especially its Maps user base - is dwarfed by Waze/Google's.  I've also found that even in moderately-sized US metro areas (500k+) new, major roads were on Google/Waze the day they opened, but took weeks-to-months to appear in Apple Maps.  I've also found new-ish subdivisions that have been there 1-2 years, where the streets are there, but the numbering is all wrong.  If you're not in a major US city, Apple Maps is still fairly terrible, in my experience, even today.

It’s the opposite where I am. Our house is fairly new, built on a new street in 2021. People using Apple Maps get directions to my house, as expected. People using Google Maps end up on a street that’s about 1/2 a mile away from us, that isn’t similarly named and usually call asking how to find us. This was especially frustrating when we kept getting calls from furniture delivery drivers who were on the wrong street and using Google Maps. I’d have to walk them through all the turns to get to my house. We’ve been here now for over 18 months and last month Google Maps was still providing incorrect directions.

welshdog said:

It will be interesting to see what scheme the studios/streamers come up with going forward. So far no one has business model for streaming that works for all parties involved. Unfortunately, any new scheme will 100% means higher costs to consumers. In order for writers, directors and actors to receive residuals from streaming, we will have to pay on a per view basis. And of course that means we will pay a lot more than we pay now for content.