As noted by iDaily.de, Apple has not only begun recommending competing mapping services but it also removed some superlatives from the Maps page.

All of which may just make this app the most beautiful, powerful mapping service ever.

Changed to:

All in a beautiful vector-based interface that scales and zooms with ease.

One of our readers predicted the call, below:

@9to5mac Tim cook should consider changing this line...!!!! http://t.co/EivBLryL

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Zaheen Hafzer M.M (@zaheenhafzer) September 28, 2012

Apple may want to work on this little bit as well:

I wish I was making this up. http://t.co/in91qtyO

—
Mark Gurman (@markgurman) September 28, 2012

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