Google Bows to Trump, Renames 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' in Google Maps

k310 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Google Maps users, please report this aberration.

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Finally, a reason to have a Google account.

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genxy 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Larry and Sergey own Google.

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vikramkr 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is standard practice no? Anything with disputed names they show whatever name is the official one in the user's region. This renaming is absolute garbage but he is the president and Congress isn't doing anything so it is what it is for now. If you don't like it - I mean if you can change a name once you can change it twice - 2028 is just around the corner

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bediger4000 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, but saying "it's just standard practice" kind of lets them off the hook for practices that they'd change in an instant if it cost them any money whatsoever. This is one of those practices. It might be a standard practice, but it's not a legal requirement. They could do something different. If Trump had renamed it to "Lake Lenin" or "Lake Karl Marx" they probably would have changed their standard practice. They choose not to in this case. I think questioning it and complaining is OK.

	▲	vikramkr 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I really doubt they would have changed their policy for either of those lol. It's easiest to go along with whoever is in charge - they aren't in the business of overtly challenging the political order - they have lobbyists for that