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Excuses. No-one else in the world uses that name, and the U.S. doesn't control the majority of those waters. Google is kotowing to authoritarian nonsense. Ther

Excuses. No-one else in the world uses that name, and the U.S. doesn't control the majority of those waters. Google is kotowing to authoritarian nonsense. There's no reason they need to follow the executive branch's naming scheme. We're not a fascist state (yet). They can use whatever name they want, they can use the name that's internationally agreed upon.

anonfordays 2y ago
>Excuses That's not an excuse, it's exactly what happened according to Google: "We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources."[0] >No-one else in the world uses that name Immaterial. >and the U.S. doesn't control the majority of those waters. Neither does Mexico. Mexico and the US are both in the Americas. Similarly immaterial though. >Google is kotowing to authoritarian nonsense. Google is doing the exact opposite of what you're claiming by instead not changing their procedure as the politics administration changes. >There's no reason they need to follow the executive branch's naming scheme. Sure there is: consistency of following authoritative resources. >We're not a fascist state (yet). They can use whatever name they want, they can use the name that's internationally agreed upon. I think you're being a bit histrionic here. I suggest spending a day away from the screen. [0] https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/1884012692048166951 https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/1884012692048166951 Further reading: https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-name-change-feb-2025/ https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-n...