This is the map of the Gulf of Mexico as seen from outside the US on Google Maps.

Google said it would foist the Gulf of America idiocy only on its US users, but apparently the temptation to flatter His Orangeness was too much, so the rest of the world gets to enjoy it too.

I figured I’d rename it too. I mean why not after all: it seems any idiot can make up geography now.

  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    26 minutes ago

    The problem here is that, if only renamed for American people, one might have a hard time conversing with Americans who (stupidly) use the other name.

    So I don’t really care for that name to be visible too. As long as it has the true name, and makes sure the Trump name is between brackets.

    • Breve@pawb.social
      1·
      1 hour ago

      If you couldn’t tell this isn’t a political war, it’s a class war. We need to stand up to these mega corporations because their billionaire CEOs are the root cause of this issue and we’re all happily donating money to them by letting them use our data for free.

      Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon… They are all actively involved in every other “important thing” you could mention.

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
    52·
    4 hours ago

    Trump is gaming you guys again is what’s happening. Of all the shit he’s pulled this month, this Google name change seems to be what’s getting people worked up and posting? That in itself is sad, but the point is he’s distracting you guys with this gulf name shit

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
      1·
      49 minutes ago

      Believe it or not, it’s possible to be worked up by more than one thing.

      Google going along with this stupid thing is a symptom of something far graver than the name of a body of water: it’s a manifestation of extreme sycophancy with an unacceptable president in the name of business favors.

  • regrub@lemmy.world
    13·
    9 hours ago

    Now is a better time than ever to stop relying on US-based companies if they’re so beholden to fascists. Any suggestions for alternative map/gps services?

    • wandermind@sopuli.xyz
      7·
      7 hours ago

      OpenStreetMap is the “Wikipedia of maps”, which provides free user-created map data. There are many navigation apps which use OSM data. Organic Maps is one that is often recommended.

  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    24·
    10 hours ago

    It’s erasing history too since a lot of the coast of the gulf was Mexican land which is why it’s named what it is.

  • MrMobius @sh.itjust.works
    3·
    7 hours ago

    They’ve always done that for other contested regions of the world (e.g. sea of Japan/Korea, West Bank/Judea and Samaria, East Turkestan/Xinjiang). They don’t want to rile up potential personal gps data cash cows satisfied users.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Yeah. It isn’t like they are just reflecting Trump’s personal views, the Trump administration officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico legally.

  • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
    14·
    10 hours ago

    After getting the permission to name the Gulf of Mexico “Gulf of America”, like for a football stadion, the name can be sold to the highest bidder, to be named, e.g. Gulf of Pepsi Co, Gulf of Exxon,…
    This money surely will be used to decrease the egg price. /s

  • Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    9 hours ago

    I saw this and deleted my google apps and started the steps to move delete my Gmail account too. Privacy and sanity are king