>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 up

>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...