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It's important to remember that Google was not required in any shape or form to make this change. They simply decided that they'd prefer to continue sucking Trump's mushroom cock and make the change.
Stop using Google products. Also, remember this, if the fascists ever lose power. Remember that they were happy and excited to jump in bed with the fascist pedophiles, because they'll likely try to bury their actions during this administration and try to appeal to whoever is in power afterwards.
The US tech giants are the IG Farben and Krupp of MAGA.
That reference is a little too "inside baseball" for me, but based on the context, I assume those were companies that operated in the so-called Third Reich?
And massively profited from it, yes. And still exist today in one way or another.
Well now the "HOMES" nmemonic doesn't work anymore... Gotta switch that O out for an A... I guess we could go with "SHAME:"
If Canada doesn't shape up its act and capitulate everything, Trump is going to order Lake Erie be called Lake America 2. The acronym then becomes HAMAS
Still SHOME in Canada.
How did we elect an octegenarian toddler to the president's office?
Decades of unchecked racism.
Don't forget gutting the public education system (a process that was made easier by leveraging unchecked racism).
That's really the biggest one, destroying education.
Deciding education is only for those who can pay is definitely one of the biggest crumbled pillars that sent us down a slope.
Low IQ and morally devoid conservatives/regressives who treat politics like sports and their fellow Americans like enemies.
*again
Reminder that a lot of German businesses were happy to bend the knee to the Nazis.
I’m sure google maps will be among the first to kiss his ass again. (or suck dick, whichever you prefer. verbally, I mean) Without any prodding.
Not that I was taking any risk predicting that.
Use Openstreetmap! (edit: any OSM-based app/site).
Also recommend CoMaps; like OSM it's open source and privacy focused, no ads, very customizable. I prefer the cleaner interface of CoMaps but anything is better than Google.
Maybe it's time to get rid of all my google apps.
you mean it wasn't before?
I thought I was being paranoid dropping Google like a hot dog turd around 2018, but everything they've done since then has made me glad I'm no customer of theirs for the most part.
I wonder what it feels like to wield enough power to force a 4.22 trillion dollar company to bend the knee?
Keep sucking that orange shriveled pecker, Pichai. We see you.
Makes you really wonder exactly how many Alphabet, Inc. executives are in the files.
Fucking cowards.
nah, sergei brin and the other one whom i can't remember MUST make another billion dollars. How do you expect them to do that if they piss off the orange toddler?
~~Don’t~~ Be Evil
Whatever... what about the epstein files?
They're now renamed to America files.
Okay so about the contents of those America files...
Fuck google forever.
So uhh, can we rename the country to ‘pedophile states of America’ for Canadian users then?
Dear America,
You are literally living in the western version of North Korea. So maybe do something.
I gave mapquest a chance because of this. I loved the UI but Sadly they had the restaurant I wanted to go to marked on the wrong building. Fuck google. To all the laid off Google map devs please use your skills to help make an alternative.
Sadly, making accurate maps isn't about skills so much as access to lots of high-accuracy data. The reason Google maps are so good is because they're constantly pulling in fresh data from phone telemetry.
Reminds me of the time someone dragged a wagon of cheap Android phones to a sidewalk and it claimed there was a traffic jam. LOL
Check out CoMaps. It relies on OpenStreetMap, which also has the correct name. Main downsides are a lack of business info, so it's more difficult/impossible to find somewhere to eat, and no traffic data.
The best feature is that it's completely offline, you download everything to your device as you desire. No stupid squares to select and download like in Google Maps. I have the entire US on my phone, and don't need internet to navigate using that data.
I love this
It's been showing Lake America for me and my partner. We live in Canada.
Yet another reason to switch to OSMAnd (OpenStreetMaps).
They should label it "Lake America" (with the quotes) below the border line, and Lake Ontario (without any quotes, and maybe in a bigger font) above it.
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.
Also in Australia.
Edit: Hmm, it's the search results for "Lake Ontario" that return "Lake America" spam, the underlying map currently shows "Lake Ontario" here in Australia.
Ass kissing Trump servants.
Good boy Google, wuf.
Trying to find more Google services I can unsubscribe from...
Apple Maps still showing “Lake Ontario“… for now…
Edit: Monday, August 31, 2026: still Lake Ontario
