A similar story that came out around the time of the “Gulf of America“ debacle basically just said that the database they use for naming bodies of water had been updated, and therefore that carried through to Maps.
So it wasn’t really a decision one way or the other, it was a continuation of an existing policy of where names come from.
They could just not do it. Nothing would happen. It's a little moronic that they act so hands off. I get it having a policy is nice for actual controversies between nations but one person wants this (who has probably never used Google Maps), it would be harmless for them to ignore it but instead they piss off half of one country and all of the other.
Complete lack of judgment from whoever made this change happen
Always funny to me how people expected Google to do anything else other than roll over.
Should be a lesson to the dems next term, either extort the tech giants, the mere threat of the government taking action against Google makes them jump on these dumb name changes. Otherwise, get them on their side to change the law to prevent this kind of shit show ever again.
It's pretty clear you could do serious damage to a corporation as the president and get away with it, and that should change.
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A similar story that came out around the time of the “Gulf of America“ debacle basically just said that the database they use for naming bodies of water had been updated, and therefore that carried through to Maps.
So it wasn’t really a decision one way or the other, it was a continuation of an existing policy of where names come from.
They could just not do it. Nothing would happen. It's a little moronic that they act so hands off. I get it having a policy is nice for actual controversies between nations but one person wants this (who has probably never used Google Maps), it would be harmless for them to ignore it but instead they piss off half of one country and all of the other.
Complete lack of judgment from whoever made this change happen
Woah hold on buddy, that take is way too reasonable for an internet forum!
Always funny to me how people expected Google to do anything else other than roll over.
Should be a lesson to the dems next term, either extort the tech giants, the mere threat of the government taking action against Google makes them jump on these dumb name changes. Otherwise, get them on their side to change the law to prevent this kind of shit show ever again.
It's pretty clear you could do serious damage to a corporation as the president and get away with it, and that should change.