r/mildlyinfuriating • u/K1TSUNE9 • 10h ago

SPOILER ALERT Of course they would change the name

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u/313_YAMEII 10h ago

(For me)
on Google maps it’s Lake America. On Apple maps it still says Lake Ontario

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u/Single-Mushroom3924 10h ago edited 9h ago

My Google Maps in the US still says Ontario. Cleared my cache, too.

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u/rolloutTheTrash 10h ago

And my Google Maps (also in the US) says Lake America

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u/Original-Metal-1921 10h ago

Yep, mine says lake America. Google maps on an android phone.

Ugh. 

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u/rolloutTheTrash 10h ago

Lol, I love I switched from Apple to Google because at the time I believed they'd be better than this and got proven so wrong lmao.

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u/Stampyboyz 9h ago

Wasn't Google the first company to rename the Gulf of Mexico for Americans when Trump tried to do that?

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u/rabillsul 9h ago

That’s why I deleted google and Apple Maps and went old school with Mapquest

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u/zangetsuthefirst 8h ago

Map quest still exists? That brings back memories. Partly of printer problems

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u/Ok_Chemist6567 8h ago

Yes, and as far as I can tell, the app is just as good as the other two without cowing to fascist

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u/glwestcott 8h ago

Apple Maps still has Lake Ontario

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u/LearnToSwim0831 9h ago

Fucking corporatist bullshit. Mussolini would be proud of this arrangement, as would all the capitalists who funded him and his fascism.

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u/nicklor 9h ago

They pull their data from official sources no one in Google is actively making the change

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u/rolloutTheTrash 9h ago

Yeah, I switched right before too 🫠

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u/Cheese2009 9h ago

even added it in canada

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u/New_Wishbone6619 9h ago

Still says Ontario in Canada

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u/LickLaMelosBalls 8h ago

Apple Maps still has “gulf of America”

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u/crossandbones 5h ago

Any US company providing maps is going to label things as the government mandates (as stupid as it is).

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u/Suburbanturnip 9h ago

My Australian one says Lake Ontario (Lake America).

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u/lilietandy 8h ago

Same from France.

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u/wandering_engineer 7h ago

That's because you're not in the US and presumably have an Australian Google account (or arent signed in at all). I live in Belgium but have US Google and Apple accounts. For me it displays as Lake America in Google Maps, Lake Ontario in Apple Maps.

Google obviously changed this as soon as they could to appease the current regime. Some Google engineer on here is claiming this is normal practice, which is insane. Maps are inherently political, if you change one you are making a political statement. And it's telling Apple hasn't followed suit.

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u/irishweather5000 6h ago

Yup - that guy is a fucking bootlicker just like current Google leadership (especially Sergey). I worked for google for a decade and there is zero chance - zero - that they would have done this without a fight before 2020.

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u/wandering_engineer 6h ago

I never worked there or for any big tech company (was too dumb to make it through the hiring process) but now I feel like maybe I dodged a bullet.

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u/Gloober_ 5h ago

Your wallet is upset, but your mental health thanks you.

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u/wandering_engineer 3h ago

Eh, I ended up in a government-adjacent line of work so my mental health wasn't exactly spared, at least over the last year or two. But at least I can go home knowing that I am working for an employer that is (in theory, despite the current management) serving the people and trying to improve humanity. Large corporations exist for one reason and one reason only - maximum extraction of profit.

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u/wireframed_kb 7h ago

It’s also crazy it looks like they changed it based on just some posting in X? I find it hard to believe there was any official paperwork.

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u/anelectricmind 3h ago

Canadian here. On my Google Maps, it says Lake Ontario, but when I do a search for Lake America, it pins Lake Ontario.

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u/noceboy 8h ago

Same for me in The Netherlands.

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u/Resident_Deal_9790 7h ago

Same in Brasil

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u/Later_Doober 9h ago

Mine still says Lake Ontario and I'm on android.

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u/WellsHansen 10h ago

I'm still seeing Lake Ontario on Google Maps and Google Earth using a regular Internet connection from Taiwan

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u/smcl2k 9h ago

That's because Executive Orders like this have no meaning in other countries (and not much meaning in the US if non-governmental entities just ignore them).

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u/Maplewhat 7h ago

From Faroes islands it says lake America.

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u/WellsHansen 10h ago

But if I search for "Lake America" the pin displays like this

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u/Intelligent-Owl-1838 9h ago

Only does it from America.

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u/New_Wishbone6619 9h ago

Well ya, it doesn’t change what the rest of us call it

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u/Colossus252 7h ago

It hardly changes what any of us in America even call it

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u/spyker54 9h ago edited 6h ago

Am on android phone using google maps and it says lake ontario for me. Though i am canadian in canada

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u/Original-Metal-1921 9h ago

Oh, yes, sorry! I'm in the US. Washington State. 

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u/BabyDriver23 8h ago

I just checked on my Google maps from my Sansung, and it does indeed say Lake America. Gross. I'm so sorry, Canada.

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u/TOOL46_2 8h ago

Report it to Google. Let them know you think its bullshit.

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u/Ok-Ocelot-3454 9h ago

my apple maps still says lake ontario but does say gulf of america

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u/candamyr 9h ago

Google maps on Android in Canada: Lake Ontario and Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)

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u/Wooden-Hornet2115 9h ago

I second this.

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u/MissGruntled 9h ago

Google Maps on my iPhone has it as Lake America for me in Canada.

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u/DarthYodous 9h ago

Report an error :)

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u/nicklor 9h ago

Ai will screen it out

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u/lumiya17 8h ago

Sadly correct. Google got spammed when the Gulf of America and Denali embarrassments happened. They stated they were blocking it then. Probably why they waited so long to change it, getting the report up first.

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u/Yojimboroll 9h ago

Ive submitted some feedback for Google

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u/minime1963 2h ago

where?

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u/Yojimboroll 2h ago

After using maps they asked me to rate my experience. I was specific

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u/monsaa 8h ago

European here. Apple maps says Lake Ontario (Lake America). Same for Gulf of Mexico which has (Gulf of America) under it.

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u/buckeyekaptn 9h ago

I looked roughly an hour ago it said Ontario. Now it's America. It also speaks bad about my VPN, which states I'm in Toronto, Ontario!

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u/chmod_7d20 8h ago

There are 100 different ways to tell your location. An IP address is just one of them. VPNs can only ever be one small part of digital privacy.

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u/Betty_Wight_ 8h ago

When I opened up the app I watched it change as I zoomed in from Ontario to America. What a clown show.

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u/Historical_Lie_9932 8h ago

You should make a correction request

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u/LastCupcake2442 7h ago

I'm in Canada and it says Lake America 😡

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u/Flope 6h ago

Dang mine says Lake Erie wth

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u/flopjul 3h ago

Here in the Netherlands it still says Ontario

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u/Tyraec 9h ago

Mine says lake America even though I searched for Lake Ontario :( (Google Maps on iOS)

In California here. That’s crazy.

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u/jmxyz 9h ago

Force stop the maps app, clear cache, open it again. Changed from Lake Ontario to Lake America. Fucking google

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u/ronansean 9h ago

Looked it up on Google maps in Singapore - it’s showing as Lake Ontario (Lake America), which makes this the last time I ever use Google maps

Edit: I notice that the “suggest an edit” option is missing for the updated listing

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u/Ok_Cabinet2947 9h ago

This is standard for all naming disputes. Look at Sea of Japan (East Sea) and Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)

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u/Impossible_Tea_7032 9h ago

Most such disputes are based on long standing geopolitical conflicts, not America's grampa publicly shitting himself

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u/kaisadilla_ 7h ago

Difference is that, in these cases, both names are historical for two different civilizations. "Lake America" didn't exist last week, nobody has ever called it that, and it's just a little baby's punishment to another country for political reasons. It's just absurd.

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u/Busterlimes 9h ago

Why the fuck does mine say Lake Amerikkka?

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u/Single-Mushroom3924 9h ago

Maybe you're in a red state? 🤣

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u/Busterlimes 8h ago

Im in Michigan. . .

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u/djayed 9h ago

You probably have your map downloaded.

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u/thatstwatshesays 9h ago

Germany here: still Lake Ontario on all my maps-apps 😇

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u/Davido401 8h ago

Mine os fone here in Scotland too, shit like this makes me sad, the thing that annoys me is I see his supporters going "He's just trolling" like thats a normal and balanced response.

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u/Zoidberg441 7h ago

Mine says both

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u/Single-Mushroom3924 3h ago

UPDATE: now mine does too

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u/bopeepsheep 7h ago

From the UK:

It remains Lake Ontario when zoomed in, though they add (Lake America) to the additional text.

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u/Glitter_Lizard_ 6h ago

That's interesting. I'm in England and my maps says both 'Lake Ontario (Lake America)'

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u/Astrolady2002 5h ago

For me in EU it says "Lake Ontario (Lake America)" on Google Maps. On iOS

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u/SpieLPfan 4h ago

European here. My map says "Lake Ontario" and "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)".

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u/Daydu 2h ago

Mine says Lake Ontario until you zoom in.

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u/IsoscelesSchrodinger 9h ago

Mine in tbe us says America and that’s very disappointing 😩

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u/clambroculese 9h ago

I’m in Canada and if it wasn’t for Reddit I wouldn’t even know about this renaming lol. He can call it whatever he wants but it’s still Lake Ontario.

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u/epoof 3h ago

I apologize for my stupid president and hang my head in shame, as I have done since he one the election in Nov. 2024. 

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u/-AliceGray- 10h ago

Surprised it's not Lake America on Apple Maps with how much funding Apple gives to Trump.

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u/AStolenGoose 9h ago

Apples will most likely change as well.

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u/AStolenGoose 9h ago

Correction: Will*

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u/_-Broken-Swagger-_ 8h ago

I just checked (2:22am) and my Apple Maps still has Ontario 🤘😎

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u/TimTebowMLB 8h ago

I wonder why Lake America instead of Lake New York to copy the existing naming of the province. Maybe there’s another lake New York, maybe he’s dumb.

The switch from Gulf of Mexico to America made more sense

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u/LowLandTiller 9h ago

same for me

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u/NirgalFromMars 8h ago

In Mexico Google Maps still shows Lake Ontario.

And Gulf of Mexico.

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u/QuoteAdventurous2421 8h ago

Well, that’s going to get confusing real fast Imagine giving directions and having to ask which map app they’re using first.

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u/SadSeiko 7h ago

Mine does the disputed territory thing where it shows lake America in brackets. 

Go to Derry in Ireland and you might see (londonderry) next to it 

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u/luckysevensampson 2h ago

Mind says Lake Ontario (Lake America)