Wake up people, it's always been the Gulf of America. /s
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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I'm trying to, but Proton made me throw up in my mouth a little.
Now I have the option to do everything I was doing, but poorly AND spread across 3 vendors.
Yes, Tim Apple bent the knee, but the company seems to be holding steadfast.
Edit God dammit, they changed it. Cowards.
Even in the UK they have put Gulf of America.
The UK Government doesn't recognize that name and have officially stated they wont (at least in the short term)
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Can someone explain the 4D chess going on here? AFAIK this was just tweet diplomacy, the US hasn't passed anything about this. So why would google want to handle all the complaints and backlash they'll take for this?
I think something official was actually signed in the last few days. Dumbest timeline.
So why would google want to handle all the complaints and backlash theyβll take for this?
Because it's worth getting on trump's "good side", per Ajit Pai's reasoning
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To be fair:
I'm American and my phone is set up in the US with region being the US.
For me it's extra strange. If I zoom out, I see "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)". However when I zoom in it changes to just "Guild of America".
I'm American also in the US.
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This move makes zero sense to me. Why, change it? It's not it's official name or international recognized name so wtf
I also find the word "America" too latino. wouldn't it be better to change it with an English word?
The USA is now part of a list of "sensitive countries" with authoritarian states with their own version of reality. When users in one of the countries on this list visit Google sites, they see that government's version of reality. This is nothing new. Google does it all the time with disputed territories. It's only news because it's the first time the US has an authoritarian government.
Here's how it looks when visiting from a Mexican device with the language set to Australian English while located in Hungary.
Edit: undoxxed myself lol
...looks pretty much the same on bing maps, except they're so committed that they named it twice...
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