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Something adjacent to degoogling: I am concerned that Microsoft would collaborate with the Trump Regime. I never used Linux before, but I am now downloading Ubuntu. It feels like that I should do a dual-boot setup and get ready to abandon Windows if I hear about MS HQ in Washington having a DOGE presence.
Here's hoping that Europe and the Blue States are watching Microsoft for anything weird.
Yes, Microsoft has no qualms about bending to governments, same with all other corporations.
Entirely plausible. Almost all civilian federal systems are Microsoft powered. They'd do anything to not squander that contract, I'm sure.
No bad ideas, right? How about the United States of Mexico?
I guess I can live with calling it "Gulf of America" if we also rename "Gulf of California" to "Gulf of Mexico"
Sea Of Cortez
this is only effective in the US btw, this doesn't apply outside of the US, why google has done this? Probably the appease trump, and honestly, anything that keeps trump busy that isn't overthrowing the US government is good in my books.
Gulf of America.
Don't catch me slipping tho.
Gulf of America.
Guns in my area.
I wonder how location dependent it is?
yes, the answer is yes.
México
It shows "Gulf Of America" if you're in the USA. If you're in Mexico, it still shows as "Gulf Of Mexico".
AFAIK, anywhere other than USA will still show as Gulf of Mexico.
It's showing both in Australia. The old title with the new following in parentheses.
So fucking dumb
It's showing the same in at least 3 European countries (Netherlands, Sweden, Poland), too, see: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37545009
UK also matches Mexico's format.
Hahaha I thought Google was benevolently collecting my personal data for my own good. I consented right? /s
No better time than the present to switch to OpenStreetMap
For Android, I use OsmAnd~ which uses OpenStreetMap data and allows you to download maps to calculate routes offline, something Google Maps couldn't do for routes by foot and by bike last time I tried.
It also has better coverage for some small paths in natural areas like forests. Give it a try!
In OSM ″Gulf of America″ is added under official_name:en-US tag so if any app uses this tag to display names, it will show up. 
Here is the link to OSM object for Gulf of Mexico. And here is a thread that discusses naming.
Any country/language can call any object as they want. This change of course was dumb and petty and doubt it will be adopted by other regions, but this is nothing new or special. Google Maps currently show ″Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)″ for me. When checking in another language it shows same naming standard.
Yeah OSMand and organic maps update their data sets once a month or so. I know this as when I first started contributing I checked the app 100x bummed that my contributions weren't there yet lol
