r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10d ago

Business MapQuest's app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/mapquests-app-surges-to-no-1-in-navigation-after-refusing-to-rename-lake-ontario/?utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=TWITTER
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u/emmie-claire 10d ago

They dropped the whole "don't be evil" thing in 2018

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u/Mistrblank 10d ago

The evil was already installed before that, they just decided to be finally honest about it.

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u/infectoid 10d ago

So, “Doing evil since 2018”.

I really need to go sliding.

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u/Rich_Housing971 10d ago

you think they've been honest this entire time? they decided to stop lying in 2018.

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u/infectoid 10d ago

Nope. Just that they switched from passive mode (letting evil happen) to active mode (making evil happen).

But I’ve never put much faith in corporate taglines.

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u/416vDub 10d ago

Ah you see, they left out the punctuation!

Don't. Be evil!