'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies
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Re: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies
#2Google and Apple (soon) make foldable phones.
And why not? Their CEO's are foldable as well.
"Don't be Evil"
Folded.
So here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. Here’s to you.
Folded
Re: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies
#3As a Canadian living in Canada, I see “Lake Ontario.” in Apple Maps. All good. No idea what Google shows because I don’t knowingly use Google products. But I do see the ridiculous “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)” I don’t care what Apple shows inside of U.S. borders but dragging the rest of the world into the clown show is unnecessary.
Although I haven’t much thought through the details, I wonder if these disputed names could be subject to user preference. Basically, a pre-MAGA and MAGA setting.
Re: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies
#4mapquest is from the US too
Re: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies
#5Another way to look at it is that when adults are back in charge, we can trust tech companies will fall in line with them too.
Re: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies
#6I remember when tech news sites used to (rightfully) harp on about Chinese tech companies and how they should not be trusted given they satisfy every whim of the CCP.
But now large tech companies in America can't even challenge the naming of a Lake and just folded, meekly.
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#7As a Canadian living in Canada, I see “Lake Ontario.” in Apple Maps. All good. No idea what Google shows because I don’t knowingly use Google products. But I do see the ridiculous “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)” I don’t care what Apple shows inside of U.S. borders but dragging the rest of the world into the clown show is unnecessary. Although I haven’t much thought through the details, I wonder if these disputed n…
I’m in the US, near the Canadian boarder, I see both names show up. Lake Ontario shows up larger and when zoomed out. Lake America shows up smaller as I zoom in. I suppose some of this could be a cacheing issue, hard to say.
At the end of the day a map provider has the responsibility to show the official names of places on a map. If it’s one name to the US and another name for the rest of the world, the pragmatic solution is to show the “right” name based on a user’s location.
This seems like a silly hill to die on, when whoever is in office next will likely revert the names of the lake and the Gulf of Mexico, unless they are deep in the Trump camp.
Messing with maps as a negotiation tactic seems rather boneheaded. It’s extremely disruptive, but blaming Google or Apple for any of this is a bad move, imo. There are much bigger fights to be had and they need to pick their battles. This isn’t it, and it will likely resolve itself in time, and should only impact those in the US, if done right.
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#8Amazing how eager they were to do this, and not a week later he's talking about renaming the Strait of Hormuz, New Mexico, and claimed to own the Moon. I wonder if he renames the Moon to Trump, will Google rename Google Moon to Google Trump? Will they rename New Mexico to New America? Will Google rename Tuesday to Trumpday if Trump demands it? Probably yes, the consensus seems to be it's their duty to do so.
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#9Another way to look at it is that when adults are back in charge, we can trust tech companies will fall in line with them too.
That is not helpful.
That makes them only useful as windsocks, and there are other far better ways to see which way the wind is blowing.
Re: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies
#10As a Canadian living in Canada, I see “Lake Ontario.” in Apple Maps. All good. No idea what Google shows because I don’t knowingly use Google products. But I do see the ridiculous “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)” I don’t care what Apple shows inside of U.S. borders but dragging the rest of the world into the clown show is unnecessary. Although I haven’t much thought through the details, I wonder if these disputed n…
I’m in the US, near the Canadian boarder, I see both names show up. Lake Ontario shows up larger and when zoomed out. Lake America shows up smaller as I zoom in. I suppose some of this could be a cacheing issue, hard to say. At the end of the day a map provider has the responsibility to show the official names of places on a map. If it’s one name to the US and another name for the rest of the world, the pragmatic sol…
> It’s extremely disruptive, but blaming Google or Apple for any of this is a bad move, imo
They have the capacity to push back, instead of pre-emptively rolling over for an autocrat.