Android pisses on Apple logo, Google apologizes after

On a lighter note, users of Google Maps recently came across with something that instantly caught their attention — the Android character taking a glorious piss at Apple’s logo. Google comes out with an apology.

The image above was seen somewhere in Pakistan.

Google Maps uses a tool called Map Maker that acts like a crowdsourcing method to update the map around the world so information is always fresh (think Waze). Anyone could update it, but a team from Google is supposedly screening them and checking if they are accurate. Well it seems someone successfully hid from the radar.

A representative from Google released a statement regarding the prank:

“We’re sorry for this inappropriate user-created content; we’re working to remove it quickly,” said Marra Harris of Google. “We also learn from these issues, and we’re constantly improving how we detect, prevent and handle bad edits.”

We tried looking for the image but it was apparently taken down already. As to who posted the image is still unclear. Is it some random Android fanboy? Is it really pissing on the apple, or did it just throw it on the floor? Thoughts?

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8 Comments

toofunny says:

10 years ago

It just shows the INSECURITY of google to Apple! so obvious. hahaha
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Vekou X Aitenshi says:

10 years ago

Before more comments rush in, the edit was made in Map Maker. It is like the Wikipedia of Maps. Anyone can edit it, create roads, name establishments, etc. The difference is that Wikipedia can instantly reflect the edits made by anonymous users, whereas Map Maker has the entire community as moderators. It’s misleading if we say that Google screens and moderates the edits. The thing is, the higher the number of approved edits a Google user makes in Map Maker, the higher the authority of that person to approve/deny an edit. If the user is a frequent user of Map Maker, chances are some of the common activities he/she does in the app is not moderated and automatically approved. Think of it as a trust-based system. The more approved edits you made, the more the system trusts you. To make the long story short, a Google user made the silly picture, it’s probably automatically approved, or some other Google user approved the edit.
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John says:

10 years ago

Ginagaya na din ng Google ang antics ng Samsung? What a buffoon!
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vic rod says:

10 years ago

piss baby
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aztek says:

10 years ago

Seriously, Apple deserves to be pissed because of what they’re doing with iOS right now. iOS started to be a cesspool of mess and bugs since version 7 and it seems like they’re dead set on keeping things that way.

I’m sure that Steve Jobs is having a facepalm in heaven right now because of Apple’s incompetence in delivering quality software and user experience.
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aztek says:

10 years ago

@Anonymous
On what part of my statement above did I tell that I’m an Android user, you prejudgmental idiot?

I’m certain that even the hardcore iPhone fanboys and fangirls out there would say the same thing about the show-stopping bugs of iOS.

Apple has taken quite a hit in software quality lately and it’s pretty evident with the bugs found on iOS 8.

Seriously, I don’t know why did Apple fixed something that isn’t broken on iOS.
Anonymous says:

10 years ago

Sure Android user. Whatever you say.