Put this in the category of "things which don't matter at all but are annoying me." I don't have an iPhone. I didn't even have any kind of smart phone until about a month ago. It doesn't matter to me if their new maps program is crap and doesn't have transit directions.
But it's amusing to see large numbers of people on the internets arguing that we all managed to get around fine before we had good maps and directions on our phones so what kind of idiot are you who needs that.
ok.