stackyFACTSWho needs historical landmarks when you can have a vague, two-dimensional smudge? When Apple Maps disastrously launched in 2012 to replace Google Maps, it famously turned the Brooklyn Bridge into a melted roller coaster and completely eradicated the Statue of Liberty. It was a digital apocalypse delivered via an iOS update.
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