ooli2@lemm.ee to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agogoogle is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degooglei.redd.itimagemessage-square348linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11imagegoogle is not and never was your friend, it is a dictator tool: Degooglei.redd.itooli2@lemm.ee to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square348linkfedilink
minus-squareXatolos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago I’m not in the USA, I am not a US citizen. No reason I should be seeing this while I’m in the EU.
minus-squareeatyourglory@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoLook at the Falkland Islands. It does the exact same thing because the Argentinian government ordered them to. Google maps tries to stay apolitical, by abiding governments, and adding the non-globally recognised name in brackets.
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoSubmit a correction. Many people should.
minus-squareDingaling@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoNor am I, but what’s that got to do with it?
minus-squareXatolos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThe renaming isn’t internationally recognised, so shouldn’t be shown internationally.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThere are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of place names that are not internationally recognised around the world.
I’m not in the USA, I am not a US citizen. No reason I should be seeing this while I’m in the EU.
Look at the Falkland Islands. It does the exact same thing because the Argentinian government ordered them to. Google maps tries to stay apolitical, by abiding governments, and adding the non-globally recognised name in brackets.
Submit a correction. Many people should.
Nor am I, but what’s that got to do with it?
The renaming isn’t internationally recognised, so shouldn’t be shown internationally.
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of place names that are not internationally recognised around the world.