This is a pretty big deal. I wonder where they got their data from? Can people compete in this space without street view? It's the main reason I use google maps.
I agree. The loss of Street View is actually one of the biggest downsides of iOS 6 in my mind.
Although I assume Google will release their own Maps app for iOS, but since Apple doesn't let you remove their built-in apps, I'm stuck with 2 maps icons, and no doubt clicking an address in any other app will load the Apple Maps app and not Google Maps.
edit: ehh sorry I just realized this is pretty off-topic. :-(
Have you ever used street view on mobile? I haven't. I don't think they're trying to compete with Google Maps in general. Just trying to give their developers a map API to use.