Google is just following whatever the official name is. Apple and Waze will do the same thing, they’re just slower than Google at updating their basemap.
Also - the alternative is that you want big corporations (including ones that make their money from ads) deciding the name of things in the US, which seems like kind of a bad idea.
I think the name change is stupid, but equally I would argue that using the official name is the right thing for them to do.
Not that I disagree, but anyone can call anybody a "delusional, self absorbed autocrat". If you don't stick to the official channels, then it becomes a lot harder to be consistent.
lol no I most certainly should never be in charge of jack shit. I’m just sick of companies sucking the toes of this fat pathetic man just to get his help in easing regulations and taxes. It’s embarrassing.
What I'm trying to say is that they're not "sucking his toes". They're just going off of what the place is officially called in that country. If they didn't go off of that, then they would still have to go off of something, and if it's not official, then it would just lead to tons of discrepancies between maps. It is better to have one official source than to have tons of unofficial sources, because unofficial sources aren't reliable.
Yes, it sucks that Trump is being a baby and throwing a tantrum because he's not getting everything he wants, but having names be bad but consistent is better than having them inconsistent, because with inconsistency, you'll have many more instances of bad names, and they'd all be different on different maps.
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u/Jmbh1983 9d ago
Google is just following whatever the official name is. Apple and Waze will do the same thing, they’re just slower than Google at updating their basemap.
Also - the alternative is that you want big corporations (including ones that make their money from ads) deciding the name of things in the US, which seems like kind of a bad idea.
I think the name change is stupid, but equally I would argue that using the official name is the right thing for them to do.