> there is no 1st party Apple made hiking and topography map on the Apple Watch is such a failure

I remember a time when Apple was chided for integrating functionalities of popular apps into its OS.

Apple created an incredibly awesome device, and its up to the market to make full use of its potential. Why would it be a failure for Apple to not make such an app?

Apple is so intent on making the Apple Watch a catch-all that it doesn’t necessarily do any specific activity amazingly. After three Apple Watches over many years I finally sold my 10 last year and won’t be buying another. I bought a Coros and am pretty pleased with it, would consider a Garmin in the future. Coros and Garmin devices are built with activity in mind and not unneeded apps, like Uber. Garmin and Coros both have maps too.

But we can have apps and developers like David on the Apple Watch. This is what makes it different from Garmin, where you need the company to build pretty much everything.

I trust people like David Smith and companies like onX more than Apple when it comes to creating and supporting a top tier outdoor mapping app.

> no 1st party Apple made hiking and topography map on the Apple Watch

I regularly use hiking and topography maps on my Apple Watch with the first party maps app, so it sure what you’re talking about

Tbf there is no such app for the iphone either

Honestly, the less Apple made apps, the better for the ecosystem and the quality of the apps in general. Apple's recent "sherlocked" apps are not good quality at all, but they make it substantially more difficult for 3rd parties to compete with the now default offerings.

Is it? They have a platform you can run other apps on, and this one in TFA and others provides this functionality.

Didn't it take them 10+ years to make a calculator app for the iPad?