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My point isn’t so much that it would be impossible to do, more that it’s giving more power to the tech giants to define things however they wish (given they get
by afavour 1mo ago
My point isn’t so much that it would be impossible to do, more that it’s giving more power to the tech giants to define things however they wish (given they get to define “popular”). In this instance that would be a good thing but as a precedent I’m a lot less sure.
- allturtles 1mo agoThis is a power they already have. Google could ignore this change just as MapQuest has done. They are not legally compelled to follow government naming conventions, and I think it would be a clear first amendment violation to attempt to compel them to do so.
- westurner 1mo agoWhy did they comply with this so readily? And also this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520439