• VodkaSolution
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    3 months ago

    Also, report an error to google maps:

    It reads: I read “Gulf of America”. That must be a mistake.

    • @tias@discuss.tchncs.de
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      13 months ago

      Obviously that’s not going to make one iota of difference. They’re an American company and they have been ordered by the president of the country to do this. They already do similar things in other authoritarian countries like China and Turkey, because anything else would risk the safety of Google employees.

      If you don’t like it, change to a non-American product and/or vote for a different president.

      • VodkaSolution
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        33 months ago

        I somehow have a feeling that being president of the USA does not mean you can do whatever you want and people have to follow… Google Map, for one, is a product of a private company, not a Federal Service of the USA - so if they want to call it “Gulf of Google”, they could!
        Then you’re right, they already protect/black out places and some places’ names, however the Gulf of America, like the Channel of Washington are just bs that in the worst case scenario will live 4 years. So it’s a joke and I like joking too