Over the past day or so the vituperation against the iOS 6 Maps app AKA the Maps app that makes you wish you were running Android has been rising on the blogsphere? Why? Well the app is kind of wonky, it doesn’t have StreetView, and it looks and feels like a twee designers vision of a ratty road atlas – hard to read yet surprisingly calming.
A new Twitter account @iOS6maps is offering a bit of levity by Tweeting out things that we can assume the Apple Maps team would say.
Sadly, not everyone gets the joke:
Really apple?disgusting "@iOS6maps: we left out transit directions because only losers take public transport. All iPhone owners drive BMWs—
fadjri mohammad (@fadjri) September 20, 2012
I am honestly not a huge fan of the new Maps either – turn by turn directions can sometimes go painfully awry and many of the complaint are valid. It’s nice to see a bit levity here.
UPDATE – Just before I published this, Twitter suspended the account. It really warms the heart to see a vanguard of interaction and free speech come down this hard on a parody account. Watch out, @niceryanlawler. You’re next.
