Apple Maps now shows the Gulf of America

Apple has been suppressing the resistance in russia. They dont give a fuck about freedom or democracy. It’s naive to think theyll do anything but enable trumps takeover
- Of course not. They’re a corporation. We like to think they’re perhaps less evil than others, but the truth is they would harvest their users internal organs if they thought it would increase shareholder value.
  Fuck Capitalism.
  
  We’ve known since the beginning their products are made off the suffering of slave labor. Them being evil isn’t new whatsoever.
- Tim Apple is literally a financial contributer to the Trump presidency. They are not being shy about their support. I'm Suprised it took them this long, but they've always been a bit behind with their maps project.

This really is the dumbest timeline. I can't even make up satire shit that is more wild than what is now.
- It's like the shitpost version of blitzkrieg. Just overwhelming you with absolute diarrhea for the soul. And it's working, even though we all know it's happening.
  
  You know, I had the shitty thought that at least back before chat communication, a robber baron (or it's equal kind) had to actually hire thugs and henchmen to cause local chaos. Now it's just some tech oligarch with some bots or a paid anonymous service causing disruption.
  We really got fucked over on this one. I'm really not sure how America pulls itself out of this one with the state of education and political polarization. The federal part of our government definitely isn't offering up any solutions.
  
  That's their plan.
- Just waiting for the TVA to prune us.

Oh wtf apple
- Still says Gulf of Mexico to me. Is the change just for American users then?
  
  In the UK, it says both. One above the other.
  Spineless and pathetic.
  
  I’m an American and it still says the proper name for me too.
  
  Seems like it. Still Gulf of Mexico on my end.
- Did you really expect the trillionaire company to be on your side?
- Are you shocked?

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.

In my view, the only ones that really care are the people whose opinions don't matter. The Gulf of Mexico will always be the Gulf of Mexico, regardless of what it may legally be called. Much the same way, in my view, X will always be Twitter, And Zuckerberg will always be POS.
- Sears Tower
  Staples Center
  6th Avenue
  Gulf of Mexico
  I don't give a shit who thinks it should change, I'll use the original names forever
- True, for me America is and has always been Wankistan
- I think it’s just disgusting to see these companies I am dependent on bowing down to Trump’s bullshit.
  
  The one group that does understand class solidarity are the wealthy. They're not bowing to him because they're all in sync.

Well, yeah, because the United States Geographical Service is the source of truth for geographical names. No surprise Google and Apple follow it. There's a little more breakdown than that, but that's the gist of it.
https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names
The change is fucking stupid, you know it, I know it, we all know it. Save your fucking ire for all the real shit going down. In comparison, this doesn't rate a single breath.
- This is correct, given a new administration can simply change it back to keep it in line with the rest of the world. Won't do us much good if there isn't a next administration, though.

Tim Apple is a pussy bitch.

Did my part
- Me too!
- Same

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

I wish this was the in top 10 reasons to be upset with the US right now.

Unlike Google they still have a “report issue” button active.
- And I will continue to use it until they take it away
  
  They don't have to take it away, they can just set up the backend to blackhole those requests. So presence of the report issue facility does not imply they actually will ever even see the issue.

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.
  
  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.

Today I’ve officially made organic maps my primary. I’m gonna try to make it work.

Reported it on Apple Maps as the wrong name. See how long they let reports come in.
- Same here. I encourage everyone to do the same, it takes like 20 seconds.

Tim ~~Cook~~
Tim ~~Apple~~
Tim Pussy
- Tim Cuck

Corpos gonna corp.

Well seeing as how Tim was right up there next to Sundar I'm not the least bit surprised.

Ewww. Deleting the app.

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

Put all borders in Sharpie, you Apple cowards!!

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.

Hot take, but I'd actually be fine with the US calling it the Gulf of the Americas since it is a shared gulf by north and south America. There are examples like the south China Sea and the Persian Gulf that have different names depending on what country you are in. But calling it the Gulf of America is just dumb.
- the gulf of mexico isn't bordering any country in south america
  
  Yeah gulf of “North America” would be more accurate in that scenario
  
  OK, fine, Central America. OP's point still stands.
- I agree with the sentiment on Gulf of Americas. But I think the singular (and referring to land of both continents) makes more sense. Firstly because it rolls off the tongue better. Secondly because the existence of the 'North America' and 'South America' both imply that those lands are parts of a larger body of land called America. North America being the Northern half of America. While South America presides in the Southern half.
  'America' being the United States is only reinforced by the fact that the United States is the most significant nation in global politics East of the Pacific and West of the Atlantic.
- That opens another can of worms, since the continent is called America, and the country that appropriated it is The United States of America. Calling the continent “Americas” implies that USA is the original America.
  As recent as the 80s it was still called America by everyone except USA and some countries of Europe.

Google maps on Android shows "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)".
- Mine just shows Gulf of America. :⁠-⁠(
  
  Are you in America? I’m in Canada so I wonder if that makes a difference.

In the EU, they still show Mexico, while google shows both names:

Well this is surely upsetting.

Google Maps right now:

I had a feeling Apple would follow suit

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.

Par for course

Is this a fucking joke

Green Apple Splatter! Well, my next mobile phone will most likely be an Android.
- Sorry, Google maps bested Apple maps in the ass licking contest already.
- Let me introduce you to our Lord and Savior, GrapheneOS

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)

- He’s a bot