Apple are playing a very dangerous game here.
If Google sees this as a malicious attempt to Hinder Android then they may be tempted to pull all support for the iPhone in future. No more Google Maps, Google streetview, Google navigation etc. If that happens then the iPhone is history.
I ran this potential scenario past a few of my iPhone owning, Apple fan, colleagues and even they admitted they'd switch to Android if that happened.
Cool hardware only goes so far. In the information age it's the information itself that's all important...and Google has way, way more of that than Apple does.
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