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The Apple-Google Rivalry Is Awesome For iPhone Owners (AAPL, GOOG)
Google and Apple went from being so close that their CEOs joked about merging the companies to being such enemies that Steve Jobs threaten thermonuclear war against Google.
As the relationship deteriorated, Apple removed YouTube as a default app. It also stopped using Google data for Apple maps.
Both of these were supposed to be horrible for iPhone users. Somewhat ironically, they're ended up being great.
Apple's feud with Google is very quickly developing into a dream for iPhone owners. Google is making software that significantly enhances the iPhone. The evidence:
Google Maps for the iPhone is better than Apple's Google-power maps.
If Apple and Google were still friends, Apple would still be making all of this software, and it probably wouldn't be as good. So, even if the two companies actually did merge, things couldn't have worked out better.
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