Three men in India died after Google Maps reportedly told them to drive their taxi off an incomplete bridge spanning the Ramganga River.

“The maps shouldn’t have shown that the bridge was complete.”

  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipMEnglish
    15·
    30 days ago

    There were almost monthly stories about Apple Maps leading to death and near-death experiences when they came out, not sure about now. Hopefully they got better.

    • djsaskdja@reddthat.comEnglish
      3·
      30 days ago

      I use it. It’s definitely gotten better. The traffic and business data isn’t as good as Google’s, but otherwise they’re pretty comparable these days.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        30 days ago

        Genuine question: If Apple Maps is inferior to Google Maps, why do you use it? I don’t want to sound judgemental, but it seems like trading giving your info from one giant corporation to another. If I ever de-Google I’ll switch to Open Street Maps…

        • djsaskdja@reddthat.comEnglish
          2·
          30 days ago

          Apple already has my location data from other apps including Find My. I’d rather give it to one megacorp instead of 2 I guess.

          • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            29 days ago

            Totally valid. I guess anything is better than nothing, they all pretty much have our data anyway…