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Given all their data collection can’t they just show that to MAGA gang? And maybe limit it to US IPs while they’re at it…

Everyone gets what they want!

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Google has been showing different maps to different IPs for years, especially around disputed borders.

They are, kinda.

> Google added that the Gulf of Mexico will remain displayed in Mexico. Users in other countries will see both names, the company said.

This is crazy. Why would Spain or Colombia have to see Gulf of USA together with the actual name?

Google uses the official place names of the user’s country.

If the governments of Spain or Columbia want to opine on what it should be called, I’m sure Google would adopt it for their citizens

Its Gulf of America, the continent, not USA. Gulf of USA would be silly.

Anyway, the silly part here is that USA calls themselves America, while Mexico and Canada are just as American.

I find "United States" a bit weird too, since the official name of Mexico is "United States of Mexico".

So there are two "United States" in North America!

shouldn't "The Gulf of America" extend from at least Long Island Sound down to somewhere in Argentina? Both contents have catcher's stances toward the east. Toward the Europe.

The left have been pressuring companies to adopt all sorts of ideological partisan positions for years, so it’s a bit hypocritical to expect companies to ignore the government now that the tide has turned.

"The hand of Vengeance found the bed To which the Purple Tyrant fled; The iron hand crush'd the Tyrant's head And became a Tyrant in his stead." -William Blake

Mc Donald's still doesn't call them Freedom Fries. I suppose that's the left's fault, not because that was a stupid idea. What is it about Trump that makes us forget what stupid is?

Many of the left’s ideas look just as silly to the right, as some of the right’s ideas look to you.

It’s double standard to insist that your ideological positions should be respected but others shouldn’t.

> it’s a bit hypocritical to expect companies to ignore the government now

Not an American, but my impression has always been that the right expected companies to ignore "ideological partisan positions" as well when they came from the left?

So it seems fair that the roles are reversed now: the right is pushing for positions and the left wants companies not to follow.

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