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Brian Miller
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Posted: 30 August 2026 at 2:22pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Way to bow, Google.
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John Byrne
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Fear.
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Dave Kopperman
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Google is a utility at this point. While I recognize their prevailing reason for immediately acting on these Orange Whims is a (quite rational) fear of the legal and economic shitstorm that could rain down on them, it would also be a major upheaval cutting across vast swaths of global infrastructure. I’m certain they’re aware of that just as I’m certain they also know that the Trump administration would take those actions without any consideration for the wider consequences.

In other words, they’re definitely quisling-esque cowards of the first order, and for the same very understandable reasons.
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Evan S. Kurtz
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If it makes you feel any better, in Canada, Google Maps still has it labeled Lake Ontario, and I presume that's true internationally as well. 
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James Woodcock
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Apple Maps internationally shows only the original
Google maps international are wimps and have the orange git’s demand in
brackets. Just as they do with the Gulf.

America is ruled by a dictator. He says jump, and your companies say ‘How
high’
There’s two words that can be applied to that situation fascist or
communist.
America will never pick the latter, so the former applies here.
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Jim Lynch
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Posted: 31 August 2026 at 3:19pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply
I’ve lived in Kansas my entire life, and even in this blood-red state I am frequently surprised by the imbecility that seems to be there to mask the cruelty.
We’ve all heard about ICE; my son-in-law is 4th generation Mexican-American, but to look at him there no question he’s Hispanic. He’s taken to carrying a copy of his birth certificate and marriage license with him ‘just in case.’ 
And we ask why people don’t come here.
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Joe Franklin
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I tried MapQuest this morning as their social media account on Threads announced it wasn't renaming Lake Ontario. Ads and paywalls. Navigation was fine. 
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James Woodcock
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Apparently it's today's number 1 download on Apple
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