My home network in Aotearoa New Zealand compared to using a US VPN. In NZ, Google Maps adds it in parenthesis even if I remove it from the search field. Showing Americans what Trump wants them to think the world looks like is A+ fascist shit. Curious to know what other countries are seeing. - ThreadSky

violetblue.bsky.social • 16 days ago

My home network in Aotearoa New Zealand compared to using a US VPN. In NZ, Google Maps adds it in parenthesis even if I remove it from the search field.

Showing Americans what Trump wants them to think the world looks like is A+ fascist shit. Curious to know what other countries are seeing.

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liquidat.net•16 days ago

Germany

jackiemuelle.bsky.social•16 days ago

Apple Maps doesn‘t buy it yet.

violetblue.bsky.social•16 days ago

Just curious, what country is your result for? Apple Maps is reported to have set the same precedent as Google, per AP San Francisco/US: https://apnews.com/article/apple-maps-gulf-of-mexico-gulf-of-america-ea9f17241ad5c42880708f27ffe18baf

jackiemuelle.bsky.social•16 days ago

Not in Switzerland, still gulf of Mexico

maiteinbxl.bsky.social•15 days ago

Same in Spain, still gulf of Mexico only when using Apple maps. Not so Google maps, though.

jackiemuelle.bsky.social•16 days ago

It’s Google, not Germany.

liquidat.net•16 days ago

The question was "Curious to know what other countries are seeing.", with the context of what two different countries see on Google Maps. So my answer was what Germany sees on Google Maps right now.

Of course it is Google. That was the context all along.

violetblue.bsky.social•16 days ago

Yep, it's the US corporations

addie.bsky.social•16 days ago

We noticed the other day. I know AP refuses the new name (and DT has excluded them from events bc of it.) I am unclear what guidance is from our S&P people. I’ll have to dig.

69shop.bsky.social•16 days ago

same 💩 in Italy

amnesiac13.bsky.social•16 days ago

And here in Denmark. Google rolled over way too easy on this nonsense.

gothfashion.info•16 days ago

This is some fucking embarrassing 'freedom fries' bullshit.

stephendedman.bsky.social•15 days ago

Wait until they rebrand Greenland as though it was a fait accompli.

svendmadsen.bsky.social•16 days ago

Same shit in Switzerland. This was globally rolled out. And a few days ago this: https://www.theverge.com/news/608858/google-calendar-missing-events-holidays
Google went to full fascist enabling goons.

scribblejotter.bsky.social•16 days ago

Same here in the uk :/

konietzkystrain.bsky.social•15 days ago

Brought to you by Carl's Jr...

san-alland.bsky.social•15 days ago

Scotland: Google auto-completes to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" when I type "gulf". Typing "gulf of mexico", I got the same GoM (GoA)- but the map is just bilingual Gulf of Mexico, & Wiki's overview is Gulf of Mexico. On Duckduckgo - where y'all should be when poss - still Gulf of Mexico only.

san-alland.bsky.social•15 days ago

Searching "gulf" on Duckduckgo, I get "Gulfstream.com" then "Gulf of America" & "Gulf of America renaming". When I select Gulf of America, 1st suggested article is "Search For: How To Report An Error on Google Maps". Others include "Apple bends the knee & switches to GoA" If I hit "maps", shows GoM.