Xa iApple yazisa iimephu zayo ngo-2012, yayinempikiswano. Kwakungekho mpikiswano kuba bongeze iimephu zabo, ukuba akunjalo kuba basuse iimephu zikaGoogle, isicelo esasisebenza kwaye safakwa ngokungagqibekanga kwizixhobo ze-iOS. Kwaye okona kubi kuko konke: Iimephu ze-Apple zazifanele ukusebenzisa igama eliphantsi, elichanekileyo. Ngoku, kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, kubonakala ngathi izinto zitshintshile kwaye iimephu zeapile baphinde bathenjwa ngabasebenzisi.
UApple ubanga ukuba iimephu zayo zisetyenziswa kakhulu kuneMephu zikaGoogle kwii-iPhones, ukufikelela kuzo phinda-phinda kathathu Ukusetyenziswa kweemephu zomthonyama ukwenzakalisa olona tshaba lwalo ngqo. Veki nganye, abasebenzisi be-iOS benza imibuzo engaphezu kwesigidi sezigidi ezihambelana neemephu. Kuthathe iminyaka emithathu ukuya kweli nqanaba, elingeloxesha lide kwiimephu, kodwa mhlawumbi ingunaphakade kwimveliso yeApple.
Ngexesha leminyaka emithathu, iApple ayikayeki ukuphucula iimephu zayo ukubuyisela umva imeko yokuqala, into esinento yokwenza nayo ukulungisa abasebenzisi. Ezinye zezi zinto zibandakanya izincedisi yayizinto ezazifumaneka kwiiMaphu zikaGoogle, ezinje ngeendlela ezakhokelwa lilizwi. Kwelinye icala, zininzi iinkampani ezisebenzisane neApple, ezinje ngeYelp okanye i-Starbucks, into eye yanceda iimephu zeCupertino zibonelela ngolwazi oluneenkcukacha.
Kwelinye icala, kubalulekile ukukhankanya ukuba iimephu ze-Apple zifakwe ngokungagqibekanga kuzo zonke ii-iPhones, ezithi, kunye nenyani yokuba umgangatho uphucuke kakhulu kule minyaka mithathu, wenze ukuba abasebenzisi basebenzise enye usetyenziso lwendalo Kuya kufuneka sifake usetyenziso lweVenkile ye App engadityaniswanga kwinkqubo yokwenza imibuzo yethu enxulumene neemephu. Kwaye wena? Ngaba usebenzisa iimephu zika-Apple ngaphezulu kweGoogle Maps?
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