Do be evil
Do be evil
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Install organic maps
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Doesn't list business opening and closing hours, which is half my use of Google maps. Other than that, sure.
consumer activism is not effective praxis
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Gulf of how does this make groceries cheaper?
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Ha! You thought groceries would get cheaper under Trump? I hope you starve! :smuglord:
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Peasant: we should find a way to make produce more affordable
Well troll: yet you keep buying groceries, curious! I am very smart.
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This is something a comic book supervillain would do unironically.
But seriously, just imagine the scenario in which China renamed Sea of Japan into the Sea of China and reactions to that.
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Ehh... They already do that. Taiwan, China. Despite the CPC having absolutely nothing to do with Taiwan.
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It's stunning how quickly this change was implemented. Tech companies can just edit a string on some database and rename the planet huh?
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Too many 19 year olds with too much write access is a sign of the times.
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Actually Google maps changes itself based on the country it is accessed from.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-maps-political-borders/
So I imagine that it's the Gulf of America when accessed from Burgerstan
https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-name-change-feb-2025/
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This is what it looks like on my Google maps:
This is super fucked up. I don’t care that it’s in parentheses, the fact that it’s even there is incredibly telling.
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it's a bit different here, where's your screenshot taken?
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apparently in the US it says gulf of america, in Mexico it's gulf of mexico, and everywhere else it's gulf of mexico (gulf of america)
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