9 Things I’ll Miss About Apple Maps

Did you hear?Google Maps is backin the App Store , which mean we can finally officially pretend that whole Apple Maps disaster never happened . Still , there are a few thing I ’m going to miss about Apple ’s ill-conceived trainwreck .

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1. That time itrevealed a secret military basein Taiwan.

2. How it forced Apple tosuggest people use Bingwith a straight face.

3. It was the straw that finallybroke Scott Forstall’s back. So long,leather-bound apps!

4. To be honest, I actually prefer the Eiffel Tower this way…

5. …and Las Vegas.

6. Apple Maps made for some pretty great parodies likethisandthisand eventhis.

7. Motorola somehow managed tomake itself look badwhen it tried to make fun of Apple.

8. It proved thatliterally anythingcan have fanboys.

9. It taught me to never ever ever take Google Maps for granted again.

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1. That time itrevealed a secret military basein Taiwan.#

2. How it forced Apple tosuggest people use Bingwith a straight face.#

3. It was the straw that finallybroke Scott Forstall’s back. So long,leather-bound apps!#

4. To be honest, I actually prefer the Eiffel Tower this way…#

5. …and Las Vegas.#

6. Apple Maps made for some pretty great parodies likethisandthisand eventhis.#

7. Motorola somehow managed tomake itself look badwhen it tried to make fun of Apple.#

8. It proved thatliterally anythingcan have fanboys.#

9. It taught me to never ever ever take Google Maps for granted again.#

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