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Something adjacent to degoogling: I am concerned that Microsoft would collaborate with the Trump Regime. I never used Linux before, but I am now downloading Ubuntu. It feels like that I should do a dual-boot setup and get ready to abandon Windows if I hear about MS HQ in Washington having a DOGE presence.
Here’s hoping that Europe and the Blue States are watching Microsoft for anything weird.
Yes, Microsoft has no qualms about bending to governments, same with all other corporations.
Entirely plausible. Almost all civilian federal systems are Microsoft powered. They’d do anything to not squander that contract, I’m sure.
this is only effective in the US btw, this doesn’t apply outside of the US, why google has done this? Probably the appease trump, and honestly, anything that keeps trump busy that isn’t overthrowing the US government is good in my books.
No bad ideas, right? How about the United States of Mexico?
I guess I can live with calling it “Gulf of America” if we also rename “Gulf of California” to “Gulf of Mexico”
When will Lemmy users stop talking about politics. It’s getting old fast
Stop being such a pussy.
I wonder how location dependent it is?
It shows “Gulf Of America” if you’re in the USA. If you’re in Mexico, it still shows as “Gulf Of Mexico”.
AFAIK, anywhere other than USA will still show as Gulf of Mexico.
It’s showing both in Australia. The old title with the new following in parentheses.
So fucking dumb
It’s showing the same in at least 3 European countries (Netherlands, Sweden, Poland), too, see: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37545009
UK also matches Mexico’s format.
Hahaha I thought Google was benevolently collecting my personal data for my own good. I consented right? /s
Anything but google.
Apple?
No, they’re just virtue-signaling goodness while being so closed that they can never really be trusted. Their maps will silently fall in line during the next big unrelated news cycle. Their “Find My” location spy network that tracks everything in America will then be put to task, among other evils one will never know about due to the OS and chips all being so closed to external observation.
Gulf of America.
Don’t catch me slipping tho.
Gulf of America.
Guns in my area.
The irony is that it doesn’t specify which America.
Good point that naming it “Gulf of Americas” would solve all issues 😅
Funny how a single “S” prevented a hit and gave us shit
ecosia all the way
Wake up people, it’s always been the Gulf of America. /s
Poop. I was hoping I could leave a review but can’t
No better time than the present to switch to OpenStreetMap
For Android, I use OsmAnd~ which uses OpenStreetMap data and allows you to download maps to calculate routes offline, something Google Maps couldn’t do for routes by foot and by bike last time I tried.
It also has better coverage for some small paths in natural areas like forests. Give it a try!
In OSM ″Gulf of America″ is added under official_name:en-US tag so if any app uses this tag to display names, it will show up.
Here is the link to OSM object for Gulf of Mexico. And here is a thread that discusses naming.
Any country/language can call any object as they want. This change of course was dumb and petty and doubt it will be adopted by other regions, but this is nothing new or special. Google Maps currently show ″Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)″ for me. When checking in another language it shows same naming standard.
Is using alternative maps even worth it if you have google’s Android and location has to go through google play services anyways?
you can use gps without play services.
How?
Disable “(improve) location accuracy” in settings and location history in Google settings (I think)
It won’t prevent Google from tracking your location, but it might help support these alternative maps by increasing their popularity on the PlayStore and whatnot.
OsmAnd is a nightmare in terms of user experience! I dropped it 8 years ago because it was a horror. I gave it a try again last month because, you know, maybe people have done something about the useless navigation, the totally overpacked UI, the sluggish behaviour etc. Guess what? It’s the same terrible (!) app it was 8 years ago!
FCK Google, but if that’s all that there is as an alternative, well…
I use Magic Earth. It’s not Open Source afaik but they claim they dont collect data (…🤔). I don’t believe this so use these apps as little as possible.
Greetings, an open source enthousiast
Agree with you, OsmAnd is practically unusable for me due to the ancient UI. I hated it every time I used it.
I found Organic Maps to be a decent modern alternative. It’s open source and uses data from openstreetmaps as well, but it’s a million times less cluttered.
The OsmAnd~ app, from fdroid, is the premium (and paid) version og OsmAnd, also known as OsmAnd+.
If you use the fdroid version, and enjoy the app, consider donating to the developers through other means.
I’ve been using it and evangelizing it for some time now. I don’t have a data plan and it works. My data, location, preferences or anything is not sold to anyone.
It can be a little overwhelming at first. It can be difficult to use at times (the search isn’t great), but in using it, I feel like I’m a part of something good and I can rest better knowing that.
