Apple Deadnamed the Gulf of America and Conservatives Are Triggered
gizmodo.com
Tech companies aren’t moving fast enough for America’s most sensitive politicians.

Summary

Rep. Dan Crenshaw criticized Apple Maps for not renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as mandated by Trump’s recent executive order titled “Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness.”

Crenshaw’s complaint reflects broader conservative frustration, as tech platforms and the global community continue to use the original name.

Critics compare the move to past nationalist gestures like renaming french fries “freedom fries,” accusing conservatives of embracing identity politics and culture wars despite their political dominance.

The name change is unlikely to gain international traction.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      18·
      3 hours ago

      There is no legal mechanism to compel private companies to use the new name.

      There is also no legal mechanism to require any other country on the planet to pay attention to Trump’s stupid and pointless attempt at renaming it.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      6·
      4 hours ago

      If anything they’ll just show the new name to people in the US.

      Google Maps does a lot of regional fuckery to comply with local lunatics. Indians see Kashmir as part of India, for example.

      • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
        7·
        4 hours ago

        I mean, that’s every multinational company.

        My job has international offices and during stand-ups, we get things like “Hey EU needs this thing. So figure it out engineers.” And we do the bare minimum to meet the requirements because bro I’m just trying to code and make a paycheck.

        • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Nope.

          I do vaguely remember seeing the bonkers border ceremony in a Michael Palin travel show from about 30 years ago. Seemed competitive, yet oddly friendly.

          • bomibantai@lemmy.world
            23·
            2 hours ago

            Not familiar with the show but that was definitely the Atari border ceremony at wagah in Amritsar, Punjab and not Kashmir.

            Either way, don’t try to equate anything happening near Kashmir to what is happening here. Those are land borders with people living on either side with very real tangible “everyday” problems to whatever pax Americana you have going on in the US.