Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
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Step two of the plan you outlined was inverted, but the effect is the same: IIRC it only shows up that way for US users.
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You can argue with strangers on the Internet as much as you like, but the fact is, the US president can and has changed the name of multiple geographic features, and arguing with me won't change that.
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Why didn't they change it only in the US and not elsewhere? Could you imagine the uproar if Google censored Tiananmen Square world wide because of the Chinese government?
PS: Yes it was modified for everyone outside the US too. I am not American but your "president" is now allowed to change what name I have to call something?
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Because Google is a US company, and not in a position to tell the US government to take a walk, that's why.
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Oh, you've been caught being dumb and your story is changing.
First it was "the government", now it's "the president".
That's not how America works, lol. Naming things is a legislative responsibility. Trump can sign as many executive orders as he wants, but it isn't official without an act of congress and a chance for the judiciary to object.
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IIRC it only shows up that way for US users.
apparently that was either a lie or incomplete info
Where'd you first hear this?
Not judging, just curious about the information chain.
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Nah, they’re willing collaborators.
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The president is part of the government, they're not two separate entities.
And once again, there is nothing to be gained by arguing with me about this.
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PLEASE.DO IT
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Imagine being a tourist in the US, looking for an address you believe to be say, Martin Luther King Street. Can't find it anywhere, even on Google maps, then eventually you talk to someone and find out it's now called Elon Musk Avenue.
Not saying this is exactly the same, but if we're letting people change the names of places on commonly used global map software willy nilly, even if it's just region to region, we're gonna end up with problems. It's not like "freedom fries" back in the day that legitimately affected no one.
And I am suddenly seeing a parenthetical on the Gulf here outside the US, so there technically was a sudden change
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I can confirm that it shows up as both for me. I'm not in US or Mexico, and it shows as "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)". The info I saw was that it shows as GoA in the US, GoM in Mexico, and both everywhere else. At least 2 of those are true, I'm guessing all 3 are
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That is essentially what they've done by putting Gulf of America in brackets behind the original name.
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potus is the "head of government". Would you prefer him to write your head of government?
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You underestimate how much I enjoy arguing with people on the internet, lol.
So is this your admission that your earlier statement was false, or are you still pretending that "part of" is the same thing as "all"?
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That would be less inaccurate, lol.
And no. I'll be a pedantic asshole to anyone who pretends that Trump is anything other than one of President Musk's assistants.
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He's the part of the government that has the power to unilaterally change the name of a location.
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You're thinking of fascism. In America, the legislature names things, the executive signs or vetoes, and the judiciary adjudicates.
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Don’t forget apple
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You're thinking of fascism.
I have some bad news for you.
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Funny thing - I just checked yandex maps (because I'm bored) and it still shows "gulf of mexico" on it.
