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Anybody else reminded of Freedom Fries?
Been a stupid thing America has done at least since WWI.
From a 1976 interview with German-American T. Max Kniesche, who moved to San Francisco in 1907, and worked in restaurants and cafes there:
Teiser: What was it like in San Francisco for Germans during the first world war? You were working at a clearly German restaurant. […]
Teiser: Did you change the kind of food that you served, or the decorations?
Kniesche: Well, the hamburger steak was Liberty Steak. French-fried potatoes were Liberty Potatoes. [laughter] We called it Liberty, but the liberty wasn’t there. Anyhow, everything went to “Liberty.” [laughter]
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This was actually done 2 weeks ago but was only recently discovered because no one uses apple maps
The 3D vector mapping in NYC is legit.
Can we change it to “In-sea-curity”?
Or just “The Sea of Insecurity”?
Or maybe “Man Baby Bay”
Or “Weak Little Pussy removed President Tiny Hands Dumb Dumb Deep Water Douche Lagoon”
Or, like, “The Gulf of Mexico”…
From a fully-updated Japanese iPhone as of right now:
If you’re in Japan, it’ll show the regular name. The change is only in America.
As viewed from USA only … Gulf of Mexico’s view is unchanged for the rest.
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Switched from Google Maps to Apple Maps a couple months ago, and I’d like to Switch to an alternative that doesn’t implement fascist place names, but navigation with toll road avoidance unfortunately doesn’t seem to be a common feature 😕
Organic Maps is pretty neat
Thanks for the recommendation! Can’t remember why I hadn’t tried Organic Maps when testing alternative options, but already glad to see the Gulf of Mexico keeping its proper name. Going on a roadtrip in a few days, so I’ll get a chance to properly test it out then. 👍
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Any alternative will just be bought up anyway since America decided monopolies are no longer a bad thing.
The body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico.
Canadian phone on a Canadian carrier, freshly updated to iOS 18.3.1. Looks like the correct and proper name is still being used by Apple Maps.
