google is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degoogle

Something adjacent to degoogling: I am concerned that Microsoft would collaborate with the Trump Regime. I never used Linux before, but I am now downloading Ubuntu. It feels like that I should do a dual-boot setup and get ready to abandon Windows if I hear about MS HQ in Washington having a DOGE presence.

Here's hoping that Europe and the Blue States are watching Microsoft for anything weird.

I guess I can live with calling it "Gulf of America" if we also rename "Gulf of California" to "Gulf of Mexico"

this is only effective in the US btw, this doesn't apply outside of the US, why google has done this? Probably the appease trump, and honestly, anything that keeps trump busy that isn't overthrowing the US government is good in my books.

Gulf of America.

Don't catch me slipping tho.

Hahaha I thought Google was benevolently collecting my personal data for my own good. I consented right? /s

I wonder how location dependent it is?

When will Lemmy users stop talking about politics. It's getting old fast

The irony is that it doesn't specify which America.

No better time than the present to switch to OpenStreetMap

For Android, I use OsmAnd~ which uses OpenStreetMap data and allows you to download maps to calculate routes offline, something Google Maps couldn't do for routes by foot and by bike last time I tried.

It also has better coverage for some small paths in natural areas like forests. Give it a try!

Take the plunge. De-Google.

Anything but google.

This is pathetic and reeks of insecurity big time. Hope that this debacle improves your QoL, Americans.

Mexico should rename "America"

It's not google's fault. It was told to do so and has. Does anyone seriously expect them not to have done this?

Every American company, or company doing business in America, needs to toe the line of an unpredictable and vindictive president, especially one as fat and tempting as Google.

Now there'll be a disconnect in mapping between what some sources say and what others do, but anyone with a little history knowledge knows this isn't the first time.

ecosia all the way

I will continue deadnaming the gulf with the name assigned at birth. It's just going through a phase.

Wake up people, it's always been the Gulf of America. /s

Poop. I was hoping I could leave a review but can't

Time for a repeat comment: Organic Maps does everything Google Maps does (except traffic conditions), and is FOSS. Please encourage places to contribute business information to Open Street Maps.

I'm trying to, but Proton made me throw up in my mouth a little.

Now I have the option to do everything I was doing, but poorly AND spread across 3 vendors.

Even in the UK they have put Gulf of America.

The UK Government doesn't recognize that name and have officially stated they wont (at least in the short term)

Yes, Tim Apple bent the knee, but the company seems to be holding steadfast.

Edit God dammit, they changed it. Cowards.

Can someone explain the 4D chess going on here? AFAIK this was just tweet diplomacy, the US hasn't passed anything about this. So why would google want to handle all the complaints and backlash they'll take for this?

Organic Maps:

In Taiwan it says:

Gulf of Mexico(Gulf of America)

To be fair:

I'm American and my phone is set up in the US with region being the US.

This move makes zero sense to me. Why, change it? It's not it's official name or international recognized name so wtf

Degoogled already! Installed /e/os on my Pixel 6a! A little irritated though as it seems like literally every app I've used is tied to Google!!

It's even weirder because America doesn't mean just the United States

Geographically, America is too ambiguous of a name for the Gulf of Mexico

Wouldn't the Gulf of California also qualify as being the Gulf of America?

The Caribbean Sea?

Basically every river system from the Mississippi and and the Amazon are also "American" from northernmost point of North America to the southernmost point of South America, it's all "America"

Naming the Gulf of Mexico "America" is almost as bad as naming a country "earth"

Planet America, orbiting the American sun, in the galaxy called America

Meanwhile on Openstreetmap:

name Golfo de México

name:en Gulf of Mexico

official_name:en_US Gulf of America

Showing just enough acknowledgement to confirm they've discussed the executive order, but they aren't going to follow it.

America is so fucking weird!

“There's no saving America -- we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. Burn it down! And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed!”

— Senator Armstrong.

Next thing you know they'll change Canada's name to Not-yet-United States of America

I wish I could degoogle my android phone. Sadly, it would mean many of the apps I use would stop working..

As far as I understand, only F-droid apps would work on e.g. GrapheneOS - is this wrong? I believe there would be issues with

• Local chatting app
• Local map app (As good as OrganicMaps is, it seems to have limited support in route finding)
• Local banking app
• Local investing app
• Apps for university affairs
• Zoom

I feel so sad that I am locked to the platform..

EDIT: Just checked, seems like everything is reported to work except for local banking app. Sadly, it is too convenient to ditch..

IIRC Google shows different names and borders depending on the location you're accessing it from. They just follow whatever the local government thinks is right.

Using the website from outside of the US shows it with its proper name, but then the asshat version in parentheses.

Just checked. You can even select it, but cannot report an error at that location. But you can leave reviews, so…

Degoogled since 2018

hardcore mode, google domains blocked by DNS

YouTube scrap data

GrapheneOS with used Pixel

Where are you located? I'm still seeing the correct name and I'm in the USA

Google goes full mask off. What a terrible look. This is it, this is what I needed to see to make the final push to move away from Google. My next phone will probably be an iPhone, and I'm not excited about it. I've almost completely degoogled my android device, I'm testing immich right now and the only things left that I rely on are maps and YouTube. I also buy a lot of my ebooks and comics from Google, but never again. There's no way I'm buying a phone that's supported by Google after this change. There's no way I'm spending any amount of money on Google play at this point, or any other Google owned platform. Zero. And it really sucks, because android is the closest thing we have to an open phone platform. Maybe someday a GNU/Linux phone will actually be viable, but today it isn't and that only leaves me running to Apple as a savior. It's too bad that Google can't compete on a technology level, instead of gargling Trump's balls.

Surely it’s only “Gulf of America” from the southern tip of Florida across to the Mexican border?

HERE WeGo still has Gulf of Mexico. Use HERE WeGo instead of Google shit.

Deleted.

Australia google maps user here: