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[–] 14 points 11 hours ago*

Google also says Jerusalem is the capital of israel despite international law and virtually every other country designating Tel Aviv as the capital.

Fuck google.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago

    I can't wait until donald realizes one of the 50 states is called "New Mexico"

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  • [–] 14 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

    So everyone's switching to foss alternatives, right?

    OSM?

    Spread the word, share with your friends, etc.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    I recommend CoMaps on Android, (or Organic Maps, which CoMaps forked from when Organic started enshitifying)

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  • [–] 1 point 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 child)

    OSM?

    Well, shit.

    edit: To be clear, CoMaps and OpenStreetMaps is still leagues better than Google Maps for privacy, respecting users, etc and I recommend people switch. But it’s still a community-run project which means the community needs to participate to keep it awesome.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

    If we read the rest of that thread they are but not changing the name. They are adding a tag stating it has an alternate name.

    Adding an alternate name in an obscure tag that is not surfaced on most renderers is not the same as changing the name. Nobody is changing the name. You will still see Lake Ontario on OSM for the foreseeable future. It’s okay, you can put your pitchfork down.

    Edit: fixed typos.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 hours ago

    Surely, the community-run, mapping project Open Street Maps won't rename it like Google did... right?... right?!?!

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  • [–] 40 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    Like I said when Zuck et al were on the inauguration stage kissing the orange ass: what's the point of fuck you money if you never say fuck you?

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  • [–] 12 points 14 hours ago

    Petition to rename Washington into Turdington.

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  • [–] 29 points 18 hours ago (12 children)

    How's the Ass of Trump looking, Google?

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    [–] 5 points 14 hours ago (1 child)

    RIP HOMES mnemonic

    HAMES just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

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  • [–] 20 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    I wish Trump decides to rename something in Europe and Google complies so another jump in degooglelization takes place there..

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    [–] 13 points 18 hours ago*

    Good they make themselves even more untrustworthy, loss of value

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  • [–] 19 points 21 hours ago

    I'm not sure that Google could sink any lower.

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  • [–] 20 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

    Canada should announce that they've changed the names of all the Great Lakes to Canadian names, like Lake Toronto, and Lake Ottawa. Make sure there's a Lake Saskatchewan, because there is no way Trump can read or pronounce it, so that will really piss him off. Maybe he'll painfully stroke out and croak, and we can all read about it the Big Beautiful Obituary.

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    [–] 60 points 1 day ago

    Fuck you google

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  • [–] 148 points 1 day ago (27 children)

    Watching these corporate collaborators fall all over themselves to enact the profoundly stupid and short-sighted whims of a sodden, rotting corpse when they could just…not do that…has been one of the most surreal experiences of my life.

    The sad thing is, thanks to their capture of both parties, I have no conceit they’ll actually experience any consequences for it. We have handed power to some of the least-deserving ghouls the Wharton School of Business ever squeezed out.

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    [–] 42 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    For android users recommend CoMaps, or "OSMand", both are open source and privacy focused. Both use openstreetmaps data, CoMaps just have what I think is a cleaner interface. Both have offline maps, turn-by-turn navigation and frankly a lot more customization since it's not corporate owned. No ads, and no businesses who pay being stuffed in your eyes first when maps load.

    Both are much improved since trying to ditch maps a few years ago and basic local business info wasn't available, now it looks to be much improved and it's a great time to jump.

    Hope this helps someone.

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    [–] 19 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    it would be funny if Canadians started referring to South Canada instead of America

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  • [–] 10 points 21 hours ago*

    They should have made it an opt-in feature that only kicks in if you check a MAGA box on your profile.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Except it shows up as Lake Americas in my google maps and I'm in Europe...

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