That’s a valid point, but why do you expect Google to take a principled stand on this? Take it up with your government.
Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 1 week agoIf there existed any valid reasoning for the change… 🤷♂️ But the Felon Dicktater is only doing it so he can claim himself architect of global geographic change. Same reason he wants Greenland, Panama, Gaza, etc. Fuck that. I back Sheinbaum on this one. Won’t matter, but do it anyway.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 week ago
lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In the world I want to live in…
Google would have taken a principled stand against such an attempt at a govt.
Instead, they bent the knee along with every other Tech Oligarch and, therefore, deserve the hit.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Dicktater brought to mind very unpleasant images
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
He wants to seize Greenland, Panama and Canada because they are either strategically important or have valuable resources, or both. This name change though is just because he hates Mexicans.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I hope that along with the next president’s EO (assuming we don’t have a dictator) to change the name back, it also changes the name of a tiny garbage parcel of land that’s uninhabitable due to lead or an old chemical spill to something like “greasy orange fief”.
Pavidus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m thinking that there was a reason for the change; drilling for oil was blocked in the Gulf of Mexico.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 week ago
There are 3200 active wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/gulf-data-atlas/atlas.htm?plate=Offshore%20Structures#:~:text=Since%20the%20first%20offshore%20drilling,of%20Mexico’s%20Outer%20Continental%20Shelf
Pavidus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m aware. I’ve been there. Kinda hard to miss em.