I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
-
@silent_john @DemocracyMattersALot Yes but then:
* When you're inside the USA and you look at the map, show "Gulf of America". USA do USA, see if I care.
BUT
* When you're outside the USA, accept that the USA has no, ZERO, jurisdiction over the naming of international bodies of water. It's Gulf of Mexico OR whatever it's called in the local language, e.g. in The Netherlands you might see "Golf van Mexico".
@rozeboosje @DemocracyMattersALot localization should be a thing. It depends on what your local government accepts as "truth". Simply flipping your VPN also might not reveal the correct answer, as you might have cached tiles, etc...
My point is, no matter how stupid the decision to change the name is, it *is* an officially recognized name change.
-
@robinadams @DemocracyMattersALot #alt4U
The above post includes a screenshot of a tweet from the @MapQuest account from social media platform, "X" (formerly Twitter before a shithead bought it and broke it), that reads:
"fyi MapQuest is NOT renaming the Gulf of Mexico - not because of politics but because we haven't updated our maps in like 15 years and don't remember how to do it" -
I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot Wonder whether I can uninstall Google Maps...
-
@DemocracyMattersALot organic maps
@Shadedlady @DemocracyMattersALot Had that installed anyway so I just disabled Google Maps on my phone and promoted Organic Maps to the dock.
-
@DemocracyMattersALot place and feature names on maps are usually the officially recognized names. Trump passed a law, as moronic as it is, and now we have a new name that these companies use. My map company does the same thing.
Not defending Trump, just explaining how maps are made.
Because Congress didn't change the name, even in the US the official name is Golf of Mexico.
Sadly much of the US is brown-nosing Trump, granting him more power than he actually has.
And lern and teach the power of EOs and why Trump gets his kicked out on the regular. It is embarrassing, how many SCOTUS is waisting time on them.
-
I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot Happy to report that the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros attraction at #EPCOT in #WaltDisneyWorld still has a map referring to it as the Gulf of Mexico. #DisneyPosting
-
@rozeboosje @DemocracyMattersALot localization should be a thing. It depends on what your local government accepts as "truth". Simply flipping your VPN also might not reveal the correct answer, as you might have cached tiles, etc...
My point is, no matter how stupid the decision to change the name is, it *is* an officially recognized name change.
@silent_john @DemocracyMattersALot No it's not. The "official recognition" ends at the USA borders.
-
I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot I remember this change from no more than 4 days after Trump said this stupid name.
-
I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot they have not capitulated, they are part of the system, how can you not understand yet?
They are technoligarchy
Our knowledge has been digitalized, and now they can change it in an instant, and some will never notice or remember
It's not the time to be naive anymore -
@DemocracyMattersALot @benh @om Same in Germany.
They're only fully complying in the US. I assume they'd do similar in China and other regimes.
-
I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
-
@Shadedlady @DemocracyMattersALot Had that installed anyway so I just disabled Google Maps on my phone and promoted Organic Maps to the dock.
@Shadedlady @DemocracyMattersALot Hey, it works on Android Auto too! #OrganicMaps #OpenStreetMap
-
I just noticed that BOTH Apple and Google have capitulated to the fever dreams of a dictator who shits himself and rapes children.
@DemocracyMattersALot real Americans refer to the gulf as Cheddar Bay.
-
R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
