I would not defend all of Google's decisions in the Trump era, but complying immediately with politicized name changes has always been the status quo. Even in healthy democracies, the precise names of geographic features can be extremely controversial, and no sane company wants to get in a debate with the Japanese government about the real names of various islands.
Only in America, in the rest of the world Google calls it "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)".
Don't deadname the Gulf!
Gulf of Amy
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Depends where you at
I ignore Google quite easily. Besides, as soon as Trump is out they will change the name back.
Because Google are bootlickers.
They literally complied with this request immediately and without question.
I would not defend all of Google's decisions in the Trump era, but complying immediately with politicized name changes has always been the status quo. Even in healthy democracies, the precise names of geographic features can be extremely controversial, and no sane company wants to get in a debate with the Japanese government about the real names of various islands.
It's almost like the democratically elected government gets to decide the name, not Google!
It's almost like the democratically elected Congress gets to decide the name, not the President!
(Spoiler: it's still legally called the Gulf of America)
People like democratically elected governments... until it's not their side.