[mcv]

Google has been far too eager to please Trump and implement his silly ideas. I don't even think it's the president's job to name geographical features, and certainly not for the rest of the world.

Someone recently pointed out that this sort of thing is a test to divide the people into two groups: those who comply, and can be counted on to comply with whatever comes next, and those who protest, and are clearly a problem that might need to be dealt with. The people who are silent can generally be counted on to remain silent.

But even if you don't care about such political implications, it's ridiculous that Google is also forcing this onto the rest of the world.

But I was already planning to rely more on OSM anyway. I suggest that everybody who objects to this grandstanding do the same.

[lm28469]

You give them too much credit, they just follow the money/power. A few years ago it was virtue signalling about diversity &co, now we're on the other end of the spectrum, god knows what tomorrow will bring.

[xolox]

> it's ridiculous that Google is also forcing this onto the rest of the world.

Yeah I was surprised (and frankly annoyed) by this as well, I don't see the value of showing this to everyone in the world when all of this relates to a "drama" played out in one country over the course of one presidential term with close to zero chance of extending that to another term (the guy is already 78 years old and it's showing in his ever more erratic behavior). I sure hope we can forget about this nonsense 4+ years from now...