Apple Maps now shows the Gulf of America
Submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/610580/apple-maps-gulf-of-america
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OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This really is the dumbest timeline. I can’t even make up satire shit that is more wild than what is now.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s like the shitpost version of blitzkrieg. Just overwhelming you with absolute diarrhea for the soul. And it’s working, even though we all know it’s happening.
Cataphract@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
You know, I had the shitty thought that at least back before chat communication, a robber baron (or it’s equal kind) had to actually hire thugs and henchmen to cause local chaos. Now it’s just some tech oligarch with some bots or a paid anonymous service causing disruption.
We really got fucked over on this one. I’m really not sure how America pulls itself out of this one with the state of education and political polarization. The federal part of our government definitely isn’t offering up any solutions.
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s their plan.
tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just waiting for the TVA to prune us.
0ndead@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Oh wtf apple
fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Still says Gulf of Mexico to me. Is the change just for American users then?
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
In the UK, it says both. One above the other.
Spineless and pathetic.
blattrules@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m an American and it still says the proper name for me too.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Seems like it. Still Gulf of Mexico on my end.
Cheems@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Are you shocked?
SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Did you really expect the trillionaire company to be on your side?
TheWilliamist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Reported an issue with the name. I know I’m shouting into the void on this but a small poke in the eye makes me feel better.
Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I tried to do that, but it won’t let me select the name of bodies of water.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well, yeah, because the United States Geographical Service is the source of truth for geographical names. No surprise Google and Apple follow it. There’s a little more breakdown than that, but that’s the gist of it.
The change is fucking stupid, you know it, I know it, we all know it. Save your fucking ire for all the real shit going down. In comparison, this doesn’t rate a single breath.
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is correct, given a new administration can simply change it back to keep it in line with the rest of the world. Won’t do us much good if there isn’t a next administration, though.
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pathetic.
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 2 months ago
satanmat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Me too!
Tenthrow@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same
K1nsey6@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In my view, the only ones that really care are the people whose opinions don’t matter. The Gulf of Mexico will always be the Gulf of Mexico, regardless of what it may legally be called. Much the same way, in my view, X will always be Twitter, And Zuckerberg will always be POS.
glimse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sears Tower
Staples Center
6th Avenue
Gulf of Mexico
I don’t give a shit who thinks it should change, I’ll use the original names forever
anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
True, for me America is and has always been Wankistan
danc4498@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think it’s just disgusting to see these companies I am dependent on bowing down to Trump’s bullshit.
K1nsey6@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The one group that does understand class solidarity are the wealthy. They’re not bowing to him because they’re all in sync.
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The speed at which these people are capitulating is alarming. I mean it took them decades to even begin to do any kind of rainbow capitalism and they all ditched it like a hot potato in a split second.
weker01@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Why are Americans so riled up about this?
Do you guys not realize that this reaction is literally one of the reasons they do this? To be a distraction and to show their base that they made the bad people™ cry about it.
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why are Americans so riled up about this?
For me, it’s the blatant racism with some fascist nationalism thrown in.
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I think you’re under thinking this.
The primary focus of Trump since coming to office has been securing natural resources. Greenland, Canada, Ukraine all have rich mineral deposits. Even the Panama shit is about controlling a geographic “resource”…the canal.
This rename is about making it sound like it belongs to the US. What’s there a lot of here? Oil. And it sits under international waters.
madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Come on man if we are crying racism over this is nonsense no-one will actually listen to us when we are actually facing real racism.
This is exactly what they want.
meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
When you go to report an issue, and select “Name is wrong”, the send button never activates, whereas “something else” will.
So this is a bit of capitulation that seems to be hard coded and they just don’t want to hear about it.
0ndead@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Correct it to Gulf of Mexico in the name field and then the send button activates
irish_link@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Unlike Google they still have a “report issue” button active.
Wxfisch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And I will continue to use it until they take it away
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They don’t have to take it away, they can just set up the backend to blackhole those requests. So presence of the report issue facility does not imply they actually will ever even see the issue.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wish this was the in top 10 reasons to be upset with the US right now.
UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 2 months ago
Same here. I encourage everyone to do the same, it takes like 20 seconds.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Hot take, but I’d actually be fine with the US calling it the Gulf of the Americas since it is a shared gulf by north and south America. There are examples like the south China Sea and the Persian Gulf that have different names depending on what country you are in. But calling it the Gulf of America is just dumb.
kinsnik@lemmy.world 2 months ago
the gulf of mexico isn’t bordering any country in south america
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
OK, fine, Central America. OP’s point still stands.
TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 2 months ago
That opens another can of worms, since the continent is called America, and the country that appropriated it is The United States of America. Calling the continent “Americas” implies that USA is the original America.
As recent as the 80s it was still called America by everyone except USA and some countries of Europe.
FireTower@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I agree with the sentiment on Gulf of Americas. But I think the singular (and referring to land of both continents) makes more sense. Firstly because it rolls off the tongue better. Secondly because the existence of the ‘North America’ and ‘South America’ both imply that those lands are parts of a larger body of land called America. North America being the Northern half of America. While South America presides in the Southern half.
‘America’ being the United States is only reinforced by the fact that the United States is the most significant nation in global politics East of the Pacific and West of the Atlantic.
DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Tim
CookTim
AppleTim Pussy
MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Today I’ve officially made organic maps my primary. I’m gonna try to make it work.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Ewww. Deleting the app.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 months ago
bartleby1@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I’m gonna put a pin in this, but I’ll come back to it later
polysics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well seeing as how Tim was right up there next to Sundar I’m not the least bit surprised.
branno@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I honestly don’t give a shit, and wish less attention was given to inconsequential nonsense like this.
Trump and co are doing things far more destructive than this.
You can’t die on literally every hill. Save your energy and fight the important fights.
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
It’s just a very literal direct example of American imperialism.
This is a rallying call. Get pissed off about it. Shout how Trump is a fascist. Shouting is how they’ve been winning the cultural political war. They own more media organizations and can be louder. If we say nothing then the average person thinks whats happening is fine. Saying something is a part of political action. You’re not going to get people to riot if they aren’t angry.
branno@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s a direct example of distracting people from the actual consequential actions.
It’s like yall forgot the first Trump presidency. People were protesting and getting angry early on. Then they burnt out.
They didn’t have energy to fight when important things happened.
Be angry. Sure. But be smart about what you’re angry about.
This is something dumb.
MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Put all borders in Sharpie, you Apple cowards!!
RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well this is surely upsetting.
jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Maybe if enough people file feedback on the name change they will reconsider. At least they will have a glut of feedback to deal with.
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Google maps on Android shows “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”.
talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Mine just shows Gulf of America. :-(
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Are you in America? I’m in Canada so I wonder if that makes a difference.
exaggerateaggravate@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The Gulf of America is a great name.
return2ozma@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He’s a bot
RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Xed@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I had a feeling Apple would follow suit
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Apple has been suppressing the resistance in russia. They dont give a fuck about freedom or democracy. It’s naive to think theyll do anything but enable trumps takeover
alexc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Of course not. They’re a corporation. We like to think they’re perhaps less evil than others, but the truth is they would harvest their users internal organs if they thought it would increase shareholder value.
Fuck Capitalism.
TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 months ago
We’ve known since the beginning their products are made off the suffering of slave labor. Them being evil isn’t new whatsoever.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Tim Apple is literally a financial contributer to the Trump presidency. They are not being shy about their support. I’m Suprised it took them this long, but they’ve always been a bit behind with their maps project.