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Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by dghlsakjg »

afavour wrote: post #22

I get why people want Apple and Google to push back but ultimately there isn’t any logical approach for them to operate that isn’t “name things as the relevant governmental bodies name them”. Otherwise what source of truth is there? The responsibility here is with a spineless government. An executive order is not a law and a congress that did its job would quickly contract these kind of mad king declarations.

It’s an international body of water that has had the same name for longer than the government that tried to rename it has existed. The renaming was an overtly political act. There are many logical approaches to leaving the name the same, and there is one logical approach to changing it (appeasement)

Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by mulemisterX »

standeven wrote: post #14

I think a lot of people are desperate for tech giants to stand up to the current US administration.

People have nothing in common with tech giants. Tech giants support whoever is in power, because money. The current tech giants kicked the current President off of their platforms back in the day. Now these tech giants hang out at the White House. Funny how that works.

Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by rjrjrjrj »

declan_roberts wrote: post #27
chrononaut wrote: post #6

> In 2019, Verizon sold MapQuest to internet advertising company System1. It's ad companies all the way down.

And this is a PR piece put out by the ad company that people eat up because orange man bad.

Curious. Do you think orange man not bad here?

Y’all good with a president who changes a 400 year old name on a hissy fit and spends his days shitposting at the level of "dumb teenage boy"?

Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by [deleted] »

d34db33ts wrote: post #43
afavour wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t understand why the phrasing of the order matters. It’s very obviously a petulant and childish move made in response to trade negotiation failures with Canada. That’s literally what Trump himself has said: > The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attentio…

Problem with the "childish" take is it waves off the admins statements they intentionally engage in this shit to rile up the terminally online lizard brains This is intentional manipulation

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Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by farlight »

buildsjets wrote: post #37
RajT88 wrote: post #20

I enjoy how Bing Maps (and Bing in general) are so unloved that it's not even part of the debate. (Bing Maps hasn't changed - yet - but probably will eventually, since they caved on the Gulf of Mexico)

Not only did I have no idea that Bing or Bing Maps still existed, but the very fact that they ever existed at all had slipped from my consciousness.

They're one of the few remaining air photography providers for OpenStreetMap editors with worldwide coverage (much of it high quality and regularly updated), so they have their uses.

Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by yndoendo »

bpye wrote: post #48
yndoendo wrote: post #28

I've dumped Google Maps for OSM over three years ago and have not looked back. Did this as one of my de-Google steps by choosing a Fairphone. Looking at a FuriLabs FLX1S to start the next phase by switching to a Linux phone. I've become a sunk cost to Google by not spending anything on their products or services and always use Ad-Block solution in a private session if I must.

What do you use on Android instead of Google Maps, OsmAnd or something else?

The one provided by Fairpone with their /e/OS. Maps by Magic Lane.

Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by charcircuit »

afavour wrote: post #36
charcircuit wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about the executive order reads as someone throwing a tantrum? https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/hono...

I don’t understand why the phrasing of the order matters. It’s very obviously a petulant and childish move made in response to trade negotiation failures with Canada. That’s literally what Trump himself has said: > The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attentio…

>I don’t understand why the phrasing of the order matters.

Because my parent comment said that he was throwing a tantrum. I don't see any evidence that he is balling his eyes out, trashing the Oval Office, or screaming. The order is not written in childish frustration, but in a professional tone.

Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by expedition32 »

rjrjrjrj wrote: post #73
declan_roberts wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And this is a PR piece put out by the ad company that people eat up because orange man bad.

Curious. Do you think orange man not bad here? Y’all good with a president who changes a 400 year old name on a hissy fit and spends his days shitposting at the level of "dumb teenage boy"?

At least when China does it they come up with elaborate historical documents. This is just sad.

Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by rjrjrjrj »

charcircuit wrote: post #77
afavour wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t understand why the phrasing of the order matters. It’s very obviously a petulant and childish move made in response to trade negotiation failures with Canada. That’s literally what Trump himself has said: > The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attentio…

>I don’t understand why the phrasing of the order matters. Because my parent comment said that he was throwing a tantrum. I don't see any evidence that he is balling his eyes out, trashing the Oval Office, or screaming. The order is not written in childish frustration, but in a professional tone.

You really should renew your Truth Social Premium subscription.

Re: Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again

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Post by nickthegreek »

charcircuit wrote: post #77
afavour wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t understand why the phrasing of the order matters. It’s very obviously a petulant and childish move made in response to trade negotiation failures with Canada. That’s literally what Trump himself has said: > The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to be doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attentio…

>I don’t understand why the phrasing of the order matters. Because my parent comment said that he was throwing a tantrum. I don't see any evidence that he is balling his eyes out, trashing the Oval Office, or screaming. The order is not written in childish frustration, but in a professional tone.

This is head in the sand behavior and I question your comment being put here in good faith.

These actions are not commonplace. This is not how you run a country. The long held names of bodies of water with international neighbors are now suddenly up for changes on a whim. No discussion, no convincing, just I say so.

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