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minus-squareWater Bowl Slime@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·12 hours agoIt’s stunning how quickly this change was implemented. Tech companies can just edit a string on some database and rename the planet huh?
minus-squarefootfaults@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 hours agoActually 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 https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-name-change-feb-2025/
minus-squareTovarish Tomato@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 minutes agoAccessing from Europe it says: “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”
minus-squarealbigu@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 hours agoToo many 19 year olds with too much write access is a sign of the times.
It’s stunning how quickly this change was implemented. Tech companies can just edit a string on some database and rename the planet huh?
Actually 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
https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-name-change-feb-2025/
Accessing from Europe it says: “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”
Too many 19 year olds with too much write access is a sign of the times.