Throwback Thursday: When the Apple Maps icon told you to take a hard left off the side of a bridge

2026-04-23 21:02 UTC

Saw an article posted about [Tim Cook calling the launch of Apple Maps his first big mistake](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/23/tim-cook-apple-maps-launch-his-really-big-mistake/) which reminded me of this.

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@deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-23 21:04

But that’s literally the directions to the 280N on ramp from DeAnza

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@Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-23 22:23

Gives me fond memories of the early days when Google maps would tell you to jet ski across the South China Sea from the Philippines to Vietnam or kayak across the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii 😄

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@JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-24 03:20

So there was no off-ramp there but AppleMaps decided there was?

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@realitista@lemmus.org 2026-04-24 00:26

>Cook added: "Now we've got the best map app on the planet" Who's going to break the news to him?

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@driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2026-04-23 22:19

They installed a ramp. Is not only safe, but rad

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