Do be evil
Do be evil


Install organic maps
24 0 ReplyDoesn't list business opening and closing hours, which is half my use of Google maps. Other than that, sure.
consumer activism is not effective praxis8 0 Reply
Gulf of how does this make groceries cheaper?
16 0 ReplyHa! You thought groceries would get cheaper under Trump? I hope you starve! :smuglord:
10 0 ReplyPeasant: we should find a way to make produce more affordable
Well troll: yet you keep buying groceries, curious! I am very smart.
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This is something a comic book supervillain would do unironically.
But seriously, just imagine the scenario in which China renamed Sea of Japan into the Sea of China and reactions to that.
15 0 ReplyEhh... They already do that. Taiwan, China. Despite the CPC having absolutely nothing to do with Taiwan.
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It's stunning how quickly this change was implemented. Tech companies can just edit a string on some database and rename the planet huh?
15 0 ReplyToo many 19 year olds with too much write access is a sign of the times.
12 0 ReplyActually Google maps changes itself based on the country it is accessed from.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-maps-political-borders/
So I imagine that it's the Gulf of America when accessed from Burgerstan
11 0 ReplyAccessing from Europe it says: "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
8 0 ReplyHow come yankee google maps gives Taiwan the bold black text that's reserved for countries? The official US government stance afaik is that it's part of China.
That was a rhetorical question btw
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This is what it looks like on my Google maps:
This is super fucked up. I don’t care that it’s in parentheses, the fact that it’s even there is incredibly telling.
7 0 Replyapparently in the US it says gulf of america, in Mexico it's gulf of mexico, and everywhere else it's gulf of mexico (gulf of america)
6 0 Replyit's a bit different here, where's your screenshot taken?
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