I had a feeling Apple would follow suit
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Ewww. Deleting the app.
The speed at which these people are capitulating is alarming. I mean it took them decades to even begin to do any kind of rainbow capitalism and they all ditched it like a hot potato in a split second.
When you go to report an issue, and select “Name is wrong”, the send button never activates, whereas “something else” will.
So this is a bit of capitulation that seems to be hard coded and they just don’t want to hear about it.
Correct it to Gulf of Mexico in the name field and then the send button activates
Why are Americans so riled up about this?
Do you guys not realize that this reaction is literally one of the reasons they do this? To be a distraction and to show their base that they made the bad people™ cry about it.
Why are Americans so riled up about this?
For me, it's the blatant racism with some fascist nationalism thrown in.
I think you're under thinking this.
The primary focus of Trump since coming to office has been securing natural resources. Greenland, Canada, Ukraine all have rich mineral deposits. Even the Panama shit is about controlling a geographic "resource"...the canal.
This rename is about making it sound like it belongs to the US. What's there a lot of here? Oil. And it sits under international waters.
The US already has a lot of rights to the oil there. but the rigs aren't pumping because despite the drill, baby, drill crap US oil companies already have too much supply. He wants them to drill just to look like they're doing more shit.
Come on man if we are crying racism over this is nonsense no-one will actually listen to us when we are actually facing real racism.
This is exactly what they want.
In the EU, they still show Mexico, while google shows both names:
Today I’ve officially made organic maps my primary. I’m gonna try to make it work.
It doesn’t for me that’s weird.
Edit: if you put a pin it does show America
I’m gonna put a pin in this, but I’ll come back to it later
I honestly don’t give a shit, and wish less attention was given to inconsequential nonsense like this.
Trump and co are doing things far more destructive than this.
You can’t die on literally every hill. Save your energy and fight the important fights.
It's just a very literal direct example of American imperialism.
This is a rallying call. Get pissed off about it. Shout how Trump is a fascist, how he's ruining the country and taking everyones freedoms away. Shouting is how they've been winning the cultural political war. They own more media organizations and can be louder. If we say nothing, then the average person thinks what's happening is fine. You're not going to get people to riot if they aren't angry.
This is also a prime example of how Google cannot be trusted, and driving a wedge between the average person and Google is a very important and necessary thing for the anti fascist cause.
It’s a direct example of distracting people from the actual consequential actions.
It’s like yall forgot the first Trump presidency. People were protesting and getting angry early on. Then they burnt out.
They didn’t have energy to fight when important things happened.
Be angry. Sure. But be smart about what you’re angry about.
This is something dumb.
Well seeing as how Tim was right up there next to Sundar I'm not the least bit surprised.
Green Apple Splatter! Well, my next mobile phone will most likely be an Android.
Let me introduce you to our Lord and Savior, GrapheneOS
Sorry, Google maps bested Apple maps in the ass licking contest already.
Reported an issue with the name. I know I’m shouting into the void on this but a small poke in the eye makes me feel better.
I tried to do that, but it won't let me select the name of bodies of water.
Maybe if enough people file feedback on the name change they will reconsider. At least they will have a glut of feedback to deal with.
Starting a petition to have places renamed for Canadians.
No longer the USA, it shall be called the 4th Canadian territory: south central Canada
The arctic shall be named: Suckitputin
Greenland shall be named: Greenland (suckitmagats)
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