Can they make Google list Canada as a state along with Greenland, then we won't have to invade???
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2025
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Always remember: Fascism is a feature of capitalism. In desperate times capitalism pushes facism.
Also capitalists are always gone be happy to work with fascists, because it gives them more power and money.
Fascism is a feature of being human.
Self-described communists can also fall very easy into fascism; remember the Soviets were friendly with the Nazis while they both launched imperial expansionist campaigns across Eastern Europe and split Poland between each other. Hitler and Stalin found common ground in being "anti- Western capitalism". Some historians call the USSR the "red fascists".
I think real, global communism will be the solution to fascism. It will require the overthrow of all capitalist systems.
Just downloaded Organic Maps as a replacement. No ads/tracking plus it's open source and uses OSM. Seems pretty cool so far.
Magic Earth is a great companion for turn-based driving GPS. I just need these apps business search and discovery to be better. For example, it’s really easy to find coffee shops and compare quickly using google maps and it’s basically impossible on open source methods. Wider adoption should help but it feels years away for normal people with short patience to try.
I was going to mention that if you're out and about, StreetComplete and Every Door and MapComplete are excellent for gamifying casual contributions. OsmAnd has savable custom searches.
But if you're wanting to compare, I'm gussing you might be wanting more than opening hours and cuisine, perhaps reviews?
OSM community may add a locale metadata for Gulf of America for en-US.
Totally useless for me, unfortunately. I'm in a new town and a new country and the lack of information on it compared to either Google or Apple makes it something I have no reason to use.
I hope it gets better so I can switch. I really don't have a choice right now if I want to get around and just do basic things like find out what shops are open.
Register an OSM account and be the change you want to see in your local map!
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People need to stop using Google shit services. Like, seriously. There are so many other good services provided by other companies or even just people who make them for fun as a hobby.
Google Maps has been hardest for me to replace. No one else seems to have the business directory aspect as good. Happy to hear suggestions!
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If anybody actually read the text of the executive order, they would immediately see that, unlike Trump & co. claim, it actually does not rename the Gulf of Mexico:
rename as the ‘‘Gulf of America’’ the U.S. Continental Shelf area bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba in the area formerly named as the Gulf of Mexico
This "renames" as "Gulf of America" the part of Gulf of Mexico in US territorial waters. (Though how you can "rename" something which never had a specific name is unclear to me.) In other words, it is simply incorrect to label the entire gulf as Gulf of America even according to the text of the executive order. Instead, Gulf of America should be a sub-area in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Google also blocks bad reviews about Tesla Gigafactory Berlin.
Anyone else remembering the good old "do no evil" times from Google, where it actually was and enrichment for humanity?
And here we are today.
Fuck large companies, open source software is the only way forward
Always has been.
Ah yes censoring your detractors, the go-to move of someone who is confident that they're in the right
I guess it's time to give Google campuses 1 Star reviews?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-maps-political-borders/
This is not new. Google will show citizens of a country whatever that country's leadership wants them to see. Usually it's related to disputed territory from wars, but has also included whiny bullshit like this.
This is new though. The difference is, it's not being limited to citizens of one country. It's being shown globally, regardless of location.
This is from the EU.
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I gave it a 5 star rating and left this as my review.
"Regardless of what a Racist, Fascist, Fear-mongering, Election rigging POS would have you believe; it's the Gulf of Mexico."
One could still report other stuff around it and mention the gulf...
I suggested changing the name of Mar a Lago to Turd-o-Lardo
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You can still post photos with comments, fyi
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