The Google Maps site and application are both deeply unpleasant to use if only because, when you click on a search result, the fucking map doesn't zoom in from an almost state-level view to show you where the fuck the listing is.
Yeah, that's the kind of basic QoL stuff that's really the nuts and bolts of a product, but tend to get glossed over in planning.
When working out their OKRs teams generally do not have an entire Objective for "iterate, prevent regressions, and improve upon existing core features". They instead have a litany of Objectives to add completely new things.
Performance regressions are just the tip of that iceberg (though it is most noticeable), but a component of this upkeep is keeping up with the competition on your core already-shipped stuff. IMO Apple Maps' zoom behavior, rendering behavior, overlay behavior, etc, are far superior to Google's. It wouldn't be rocket science to implement their version of these changes, but clearly it's not being prioritized.
