Doesn’t need to (but yeah yeah they’re Google, I know…). They just should name it “Gulf of México” or whatever the translated name is to the user’s device, and add an asterisk somewhere that shows a note to the effect of “a small fraction of Confederate remnants think it should be called ‘Gulf of America’”.
Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 year agoOK, but how is Google supposed to know what nationality you are?
lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That is essentially what they’ve done by putting Gulf of America in brackets behind the original name.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
But why? Why should any other country care about the US’s ridiculous internal politics
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
IP address, same way they decide what language to show the names in
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That shows where you are, not who you are.