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> It’s extremely disruptive, but blaming Google or Apple for any of this is a bad move, imo They have the capacity to push back, instead of pre-emptively rolli
by vkou 24d ago
> It’s extremely disruptive, but blaming Google or Apple for any of this is a bad move, imo
They have the capacity to push back, instead of pre-emptively rolling over for an autocrat.
- al_borland 24d agoGoogle and Apple don’t name things. If the official name inside the US is Lake America, they are only hurting their users by delaying the change, as the map will no longer be in line with the reality the users are living in and things they need to look up. When it’s only one thing, you might say everyone just knows, but that doesn’t scale. And like I mentioned, they need to pick their battles. I’d rather them save their politics and favors for things like encryption and privacy, not piss it away on map data, when they can show both names and this will likely be a small footnote in history. In 20 years I can imagine, “What was the name of Lake Ontario for a brief period in the mid 2020s?” Being a question asked at bar trivia.
- gonzalohm 24d agoWhat about all the privacy laws that Google is bypassing in Europe? They don't rush to apply those
- al_borland 24d agoI would need more information to comment on that. While I am pretty anti-Google and like to assume they are dragging their feet to collect more data, if we don’t assume the worst… I’m betting the changes to comply with new privacy laws requires far more effort and adding a label to a map.
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