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Roberto Rivera's avatar

I deleted Google Maps after their capitulation. While I haven't deleted Apple Maps, my default is now Map Quest. For the record, I live a block from the Genesee River and four miles from the shore of Lake Ontario. Virtually no one on this side of the lake will call it anything else.

James North's avatar

We are here, in this moment, because of the tech bros.

American Perp Walk's avatar

Give a malignant narcissist a big enough lever, he can move the earth toward chaos and destruction.

Joseph Felser's avatar

I deleted the Apple Maps from my IPhone and I dearly wish I could delete Apple from my life. Here’s what Apple pretended to be in 1984, the year I bought my first Mac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I

LM's avatar

America, land of submitting to the delusions of a stupid, ignorant, felonious, mentally ill rapist. Truly exceptional.

Jennifer Anderson's avatar

Apple and Google Maps got deleted off my phone the second I found MapQuest was back. Screw them.

Pamela McNamara's avatar

Ditto. Deleted Google Maps and now I will delete Apple Maps. Mapquest is downloaded.

Adam's avatar

I done the same. MapQuest dammit! But no cute creatures for me. I am a blue dot!

Linda VSY's avatar

🤬 Apple Maps deleted. Thanks for the heads up!

James Gillen's avatar

This is not the greatest land in the world.

This is just a tribute.

Unevieuxsac's avatar

Something to ponder, who would buy a swath of Yosemite? How about some network state connected tech bros interested in — proximity — (kinda like Solano but maybe prettier and actually easier to buy from a willing seller), and definitely WATER, not to mention other obvious assets. But who would willingly sell (surely not the public) other than maybe this admin., (especially when it’s proving difficult to take Greenland), which is also selling other interesting public land with proximity to lots of handy things that a network city/state might desire. Just wondering.

MikeM1968's avatar

A reasonable compromise would be to add “Lake America” to the southern half of the lake (owned by the USA) and “Lake Ontario” to the northern half (owned by Canada).

I’ve seen elsewhere that Apple Maps shows two names for a disputed feature in order to satisfy both parties.

Mike Brock's avatar

Why would one compromise?

Adam's avatar

Exactly. You can't meet anyone halfway if they are telling lies to counter the truth you espouse.

Roberto Rivera's avatar

This is not "disputed" in the sense that Kashmir, northern Somalia, or the Western Sahara are. What's more, Apple avoids labeling the Sea of Japan because it doesn't want to offend Japan or South Korea. It could've taken this route concerning Lake Ontario. Chickenbleep? Sure, but not an overt bending of the knee.

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Mike Brock's avatar

Because, the second I saw it report some of my hand-written text as AI-written false positive, I turned it off for all pieces as a matter of principle.