No, this "war" is not hurting iOS. It's making Google provide iOS apps that actually will be better than what Google does for IOS now.
Its not making Google do anything. They are providing the apps but nothing to say that the apps won't suck as much as previous baked in versions did.
Google would be foolish to make a crappy iOS app. They need the revenue that iOS users generate in their business model. Google making piss-poor iOS apps will be the beginning of their own demise.
They still have search which is their big revenue stream.
...which includes IOS users - and if they make a crappy app, and iOS users just quit using Google all together, what happens to that big search revenue stream?
I have to agree with this point. iOS has many google features that just aren't living up to its potential. With the YouTube license expiring google has to provide an app that iOS will want to license. It's driving competition and at the end of the day consumers will benefit, either with a stock iOS app or one available in the AppStore.
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Do you think? I thought Google didn't like Apple but I might be wrong. They pushed out Chrome pretty quickly. It was successful and I think that's what Apple wants. Why wouldn't they want that?
Any way, if the end result is not better, I don't see how I can trust Apple when all decisions are for themselves and not the consumer. What SK I care of Apple has it own Map app?
I'm guessing that they had to if the wanted it to be integrated with Siri?
Siri loves Google. Either way when the apps come out it will shoot up to #1 just like Chrome.
I'm sure that when Google makes a good enough phone, the majority if users will switch. I mean, Google is a mobile superpower now. If since their inception they've come this far, think where they'll be in the next 5 years!
They've even got Apple shaking in their little cowboy boots. But it's not just Apple. Everyone wants the next iPhone to live up to the Samsung name. This Fall is going to be very interesting.
We can all agree that the youtube app sucked. Apple isn't stupid. I'm guessing they have something planned at least for uploading video. Guess which mobile device ranks high on photo sites or for video? Guess who'd like to leverage that?
I feel like its hurting users more than Google. We lose great Google services and get stuck with Apple's new crap. That maps app is terrible compared to the existing app. Tons of missing roads and places. Terrible decisions, in my opinion. Apple is not looking out for the consumer with these moves.
So download the maps and YouTube app from the App Store when google releases it this fall....duh.