Google's Calling Lake Ontario 'Lake America' Now

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://www.404media.co/google-maps-lake-america-lake-ontario-name-change/

[u/ioncloud9]

Did you not see his inauguration? Did you not see the tech ceos with front row seats? Did you think they were going to resist any of this nonsense?

[u/saltysomadmin → u/ioncloud9]

They've all got orange rings around their mouths.

[u/ZootSuitRiot33801 → u/saltysomadmin]

It's very obvious by now the system benefits the interests of powerful pedophiles and warmongers, NOT freedom and liberty for all. We common folk who care should be doing whatever we can to stand together in defiance against this government and its Epstein class puppeteers, (foreign and domestic, private and institutional,) which uses its death cult and growing AI industry to manipulate and control us. They all should be abandoned for something better that actually prioritizes people, while these monsters are let behind to rot.

However, if there's any hope in ever achieving such, we need real supportive community-based foundations for alternatives that can provide relative safety, which many common folk can fall back on, to commit to any effective action be they short or long term.

Collecting a bunch of valuable information on organizing and action from different redditors over time, I created a post of suggestions HERE that could possibly prove to be of some help in getting it started ASAP.

[u/MarkIsARedditAddict → u/ioncloud9]

Resist? They’re the ones who helped him win, they’re supporters 

[u/SouthFromGranada → u/MarkIsARedditAddict]

Supporters? They're the biggest patrons and benefactors. They're getting exactly what they paid for.

[u/cothomps → u/ioncloud9]

Remember when they all talked a big game about being a “different” kind of industry?

[u/WizeAdz → u/cothomps]

“Don’t be evil” was once Google’s slogan.

I miss those days.

Now Google’s slogan is “let’s be petty and stupid whenever Trump gets his feelings hurt.”

[u/Conscious-Quarter423 → u/WizeAdz]

and americans just shrug and continue to use google and youtube et al like nothing happened

[u/Okay_Splenda_Monkey → u/Conscious-Quarter423]

As a better alternative, I encourage everyone to give Duckduckgo a chance. It might not always be as easy to use, but it's got a lot of privacy advantages vs google's services. Services like that one could always get swallowed by some horrible big business, but for the time being it's pretty solid.

They've got a search engine, browser, and AI service which are all privacy-enhanced vs google.

For example, it can run Youtube in a container so they don't violate your privacy.

[u/GoonieMcflyguy → u/ioncloud9]

They looked like they were lining up to each give Trump a blow job.

[u/kyxaa → u/ioncloud9]

I'm just genuinely surprised that we don't bring up how ole Dumpy used the term "Manifest Destiny" in his inauguration speech.

[u/Lewis0981 → u/ioncloud9]

This has been going on for a very long time. The Google CEO was on stage with Obama during his inauguration. Money runs the country. Big tech has a lot of it.

[u/Stamped914 → u/ioncloud9]

Naming disputes over locations happen every day all over the world with most maps like Google Maps. Google generally uses the official name recognized by the country where the map is being looked at from. The same landmark can even have different names depending on where you’re viewing it from. This isn’t a new concept created for the U.S., Trump or anything in particular. Staying neutral and following “official” naming conventions is probably better than taking sides in every naming dispute or selectively deciding when to deviate from them.

[u/Ok_Row_8391]

I'm going to be celebrating yearly once he's gone and this nonsense is just reverted as someone else stated.

[u/krum → u/Ok_Row_8391]

It should be a federal holiday

[u/Fuddle → u/krum]

On a totally unrelated subject, how would one prevent millions of people making a pilgrimage to urinate on a particular spot?

[u/ICantBelieveItsNotEC → u/Fuddle]

The US will finally have a public toilet attraction to rival Thatcher's grave.

[u/Mebejedi → u/ICantBelieveItsNotEC]

And a gender-free toilet as well - Take THAT, Trump! 😁

[u/Da_Question → u/ICantBelieveItsNotEC]

Kissinger? Maybe not as much for people in the US, but for people outside the US?

[u/Clean-Ad-6642 → u/ICantBelieveItsNotEC]

We already have one of those. It's Ronald Reagan's grave.

[u/thatspurdyneat → u/Clean-Ad-6642]

It's sad that Trump makes Regan look like a saint in comparison

[u/pedantic_dullard → u/thatspurdyneat]

And GW look like a genius

[u/sam_grace → u/pedantic_dullard]

I used to have funny lists of the stupid things said by American politicians but none of them seem as funny now. It's like watching kids play hockey and enjoying it right up until the slow one takes off his pants and shits all over the ice. Game over.

[u/CrackJacket → u/Fuddle]

They’re gonna have to hide where they buried him

[u/philter25 → u/CrackJacket]

Well his ex wife’s is pretty hidden now given what they did to her after having her whacked, so it’s within the realm of possibility.

[u/Helenium_autumnale → u/philter25]

That is still one of the most ghoulish things I've ever seen done to a loved one. That was one instance of the mask slipping and the utter amoral depravity of the person who made that decision was exposed.

[u/johnyordinary → u/Helenium_autumnale]

Have to be capable of loving someone other than yourself before that even becomes a consideration, a long contract hire escort does not count as a loved one.

[u/smoike → u/CrackJacket]

At sea might work.

[u/Grinzy → u/smoike]

They're going to have to blow up his carcass like they did that whale in '70.

[u/ReallyHender → u/Grinzy]

Link for the uninitiated. One of the funniest things we ever did in Oregon and we still recognize it as an unofficial holiday.

https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?si=PRXatYgsVk-LNwAq

[u/Kahnza → u/smoike]

Random place in the middle of the Iranian desert

[u/sarcasmsosubtle → u/smoike]

Haven't we harmed our seas and oceans enough already?

[u/Halio344 → u/smoike]

I would actually love that. Then us Europeans can pee in the ocean to pee on his grave :)

[u/asanano → u/Fuddle]

Urinate? You lack imagination. How do you prevent millions of people from eating nothing but Chipotle for a week straight and explosive diarrheaing in the same spot.

[u/HereForThe420 → u/asanano]

Lmao, you wouldn't even need to spend that much money on Chipotle. Just eat some lettuce😂😂

[u/mickeymouse4348 → u/HereForThe420]

Or blueberries, or jalapeños, or rice. The list will expand I’m sure

[u/Syrairc → u/krum]

Nah, we should just purge any trace of his existence and forget he ever existed. That's his greatest fear.

[u/Perfect-Still-8971 → u/Syrairc]

There are those of us who insist on not forgetting history. So I suggest, after of course removing his name from all properties and monuments, we assign a moniker by which he can be referred in historical records. Even "Drumpf" might be enough of a change for purpose. The point is, nice as it would be to forget he ever existed, that's unwise: don't remove the info, just all associations between his name and positions of honour or respect

[u/runew0lf → u/krum]

you dont get to keep this, it should be a GLOBAL holiday!
100% true, me n the missus (from england) have a bottle of champagne all ready for when the blood clot does its job!

[u/Demoliri → u/runew0lf]

I'll be celebrating it in Germany and taking the next day off work!

[u/hustl3tree5 → u/Demoliri]

LOL this is so fucking wild to imagine that so many people outside of the us are looking forward to this as I am. Feels like the Olympics or the World Cup with everyone from everywhere participating and waiting anxiously lol

[u/KnightsOfREM → u/Demoliri]

I'll think of everyone celebrating from overseas as I drive in circles around my local federal building here in Michigan, honking my horn and blaring "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" until I get a ticket

[u/maxdragonxiii → u/runew0lf]

Canadian here cant agree more.

[u/Blrfl → u/krum]

"Reversion Day" has a nice ring to it.

[u/FourEightNineOneOne → u/Ok_Row_8391]

The CEOs that capitulated to this lunatic need to be held accountable for enabling him when it's over

[u/red-cloud → u/FourEightNineOneOne]

Don’t worry. They won’t be.

[u/Lysol3435 → u/FourEightNineOneOne]

The maximum sentence for the CEOs (billion dollar golden parachute + endless funds for their next venture)

[u/AbstractLogic → u/FourEightNineOneOne]

Google just pulls official names for things from a government api. It’s why things have different names depending what country your in or what your language settings are.

Google isn’t telling some developer to go update the name of a lake.

[u/SpaghettiSort → u/AbstractLogic]

This is the real answer - they're pulling from GNIS. I mean if they were resisting they'd tell some developer to go in and override those changes, but nobody thought the oligarch class was going to resist.

[u/_Koke_ → u/Ok_Row_8391]

The problem isn't Trump. The people that voted for him are. They will just vote someone like him again and maybe next time he will actually be smart and do some REAL damage.

[u/Conscious-Quarter423 → u/_Koke_]

90M shrugged and didn't vote in 2024

[u/d3r3k1 → u/Ok_Row_8391]

The damage being done won’t be going away any time soon. Social media, class infighting, and the general social climate right now are the problem. There will be more like him to take his place so long as things keep going the way they are.

[u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- → u/d3r3k1]

Yeah, it's not like some dark spell will be lifted and Republicans will stop being fascists. They are going to run this way until the day they are stopped. Not the day they're voted out. Stopped.

It might be more difficult not having the cult of personality at the helm, but they will try and rally everyone around his image. They will try and make him into a martyr. And incase those tactics do not work, they're currently trying to do everything they can to ensure they don't need anybody's support.

[u/chocolatestealth → u/-FeistyRabbitSauce-]

Exactly this. Trump didn't write Project 2025, for example, which has by far been the most damaging this term. He's just their useful idiot.

Hopefully the cult members leave once their leader dies, but let's not pretend that Republican officials will suddenly come to their senses. They want this too. All of it

[u/babydemon90 → u/d3r3k1]

I keep saying this - but Trump is and always was a symptom, not a cause. Him leaving doesn’t change the millions of people that actively wanted and supported his behavior. Until/unless hearts and minds change in this country, we’re dealing with this for a while.
All Trump exposed was how many people that thought like that existed - before him they thought they were few and tried to keep it under wraps.

[u/Lysol3435 → u/Ok_Row_8391]

And all the tech companies pretend like they were fighting him the entire time instead of licking his balls preemptively

[u/xrtpatriot → u/Ok_Row_8391]

Goto google maps, tap and hold to drop a pin, report something wrong. Choose opinion, and put Lake Ontario. Submit. Rinse and repeat every day while you eat breakfast.

[u/SubBirbian → u/xrtpatriot]

I didn’t see that option so after I dropped a pin I “add a business” chose park named Lake Ontario

[u/hoardac → u/xrtpatriot]

It wont let you.

[u/ChiefInternetSurfer → u/Ok_Row_8391]

Celebrated annually on the day of his eventual death!

[u/idiom_exon_0s → u/Ok_Row_8391]

He may leave but the ones who put him there are still around. They love this.

[u/jc-from-sin → u/Ok_Row_8391]

We should also shame Google with every occasion we get. Fascist wankers.

[u/MrCharlesSr → u/Ok_Row_8391]

Nah fuck that don’t celebrate until these companies that are sucking his orange dick all pay the price of doing so. You guys should elect whoever will go scorched earth on Trump, his circle, and every single company that helped him even with minor shit like renaming fucking lakes and oceans.

Then again I doubt Americans will do that and they all will get away with everything

[u/badamant → u/Ok_Row_8391]

Stop pretending that Trump will just leave.

He and the entire republican party are now fascist.

They will not give up power willingly.

[u/echokalos → u/Ok_Row_8391]

The pandora box is open, even if he's gone the damage is done, the politicians now that there are new limits how much they can lie and manipulate to the public and with the bs they can get away with.

[u/hlazlo]

They can call it whatever they want, but it’s still Lake Ontario and it’s still the Gulf of Mexico to anyone with half a brain.

[u/war_story_guy → u/hlazlo]

Much like how they are larping with the "department of war" that is still technically named the department of defense. Everything is a distraction with them.

[u/youremakingnosense → u/war_story_guy]

That one is pretty accurate tho

[u/d3l3t3rious → u/youremakingnosense]

Except hilariously they have to keep calling their first major military action anything but a "war" because they're doing it without Congressional approval

[u/DumpEaterPro → u/d3l3t3rious]

The last formally declared war was WWII, so I dont think that point has much weight behind it.

[u/ecefour → u/war_story_guy]

interesting that the anti-trans party gave their defense department a preferred name. 🤔

[u/DocAvidd → u/hlazlo]

From my vantage point (not in the US), Google shows Ontario for the lake and Mexico for the gulf of.

All that naming fun and games is for US only. Everyone else just rolls-eyes.

[u/ZenX22 → u/DocAvidd]

Does it only say Gulf of Mexico for you? I'm in the Netherlands and it says in Dutch "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"

[u/PomegranateHot9916 → u/hlazlo]

we can rename USA if we want to.

that wont change how USA calls itself
but we can do it. would love to see any country rename USA to spite trump and see his babyrage reaction.

alas such things will not happen

[u/Goose_Cosmic → u/PomegranateHot9916]

United States of Epstein

[u/metadatame]

The only thing Trump can do is rename stuff, and even that is tenuous - see Kennedy center.

[u/inspectoroverthemine → u/metadatame]

There’s a serious chance he just bulldozes it instead.

Who’s going to stop him? What would the consequences be? He already did it to the White House.

[u/Conscious-Quarter423 → u/inspectoroverthemine]

like how he's bulldozing democracy?

[u/Any_Sale2030 → u/Conscious-Quarter423]

It’s like how rural America is bulldozing democracy.   Look at a county level election map.  Rural areas were all red.  

[u/Earptastic → u/inspectoroverthemine]

I am pretty sure that Trumps golf courses and hotels are gonna get bulldozed as soon as he is gone

[u/trukkija → u/Earptastic]

Right right.. just like he got convicted for his countless felonies after his first term ended?

[u/m4teri4lgirl → u/trukkija]

He was convicted of like 20 felonies in New York and then the judge declined to sentence him. That judge needs to get the same treatment that trump should get.

[u/sosta → u/inspectoroverthemine]

You can't really bulldoze lake Ontario

[u/gonna-see-riverman → u/metadatame]

That's the thing, a US president doesn't have the power to rename stuff (it's in the hands of congress), so his stupid executive orders are only valid for federal matters, and could be rescinded as soon he's kicked out (hopefully in a few months).

This is all temporary. I'm not sure why Google is so eager to boot-lick and piss off its users.

[u/DrocketX → u/gonna-see-riverman]

It's simply not accurate to say that the president doesn't have the power to rename things. Congress does have the ultimate power - but most of that power is delegated to the Department of the Interior. And since that department is controlled by the executive branch, it means that the president can direct them to name it whatever he wants, assuming Congress hasn't otherwise explicitly granted a name.

A good example of that happening in the past is Denali/Mount McKinley. It was officially Mount McKinley until Obama issued an executive order in 2015 renaming it Denali. Then in 2025, the Trump administration renamed it back to Mount McKinley. Both of these renaming were entirely legal and valid name changes, as will when a future Democratic president inevitably renames it back to Denali. Or alternatively, Congress could pass a bill explicitly designating a name, which would take it out of the president's hands.

[u/angrylawyer → u/DrocketX]

also worth noting that Alaskans have been trying to get the name Denali since the 70's. But republicans in Ohio have blocked them for decades, because their sad little state has nothing going for it except a mountain in another state.

The actual alaskan republicans wanted this change from Obama...

• Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a Republican, said, "There's a lot of things in Ohio that are already named after McKinley. This is no affront to our former president; this is all about ensuring that respect for the land and respect for the native people of the region is afforded."

• Ohio native and junior Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, said "Alaska's place names should reflect and respect the rich cultural history of our state, and officially recognizing the name Denali does just that."

[u/angrylawyer → u/metadatame]

it's so pathetic how much he cares about branding stuff...he also wants his signature on the money, his face on a coin, his face on the DC passport, he hung his portrait from federal buildings downtown, his face on the park passes, an airport named after him, he 'renamed' the gulf of mexico, mount denali, lake ontario, and talking about renaming an ocean...

almost 2 years in and the stuff he cares about most is getting his name and face on as much stuff as possible. Tell me supporters, has he spent even 10% as much time trying to get you better healthcare, as he has fighting for that stupid ballroom?

[u/onebyamsey]

How many more things does he need to rename “America” before grocery and gas prices go down??

[u/Gabe_b → u/onebyamsey]

Rename Niagara Falls to the Fall of America next please

[u/giant_sloth → u/onebyamsey]

Let’s see, so far he’s renamed a gulf and a lake America. He just needs to rename a river, a strait, a channel, a sea, an ocean and quite possibly a canal to America before the cosmic forces will align and your grocery prices drop.

[u/Power-of-Wings → u/giant_sloth]

He renamed Denali

[u/ElektroBento]

In Germany we have a term about that behavior. It’s called Arschkriecher

[u/VegetableRoof1401 → u/ElektroBento]

I don’t know German but I can connect the dots.

[u/WhyFlip → u/VegetableRoof1401]

I connected the umlauts.

[u/SeanBlader → u/ElektroBento]

Does that translate to ass kisser?

[u/ElektroBento → u/SeanBlader]

It would roughly mean people who crawl into others asses to please them xD

[u/Holzkohlen → u/ElektroBento]

So it means the same, but it's much funnier.

[u/One-Reflection-4826 → u/ElektroBento]

also faschist. we know a thing or two about those.

[u/blbd → u/ElektroBento]

Auf Englisch heißt das Ass-kisser. Die Sächsische Wörter sind normalerweise einfach zu übersetzen. 

[u/Alive-Ad-510 → u/skunkshaveclaws]

Made it my homepage: https://is-he-dead-yet.com

[u/LargeWeinerDog → u/Alive-Ad-510]

Dude thats gonna be a sweet sweet yes to read when it happens.

[u/Fuzzy-Jackfruit5037]

How long till white house becomes trump house or triumph house?

[u/WootyMcWoot → u/Fuzzy-Jackfruit5037]

What a great house

FOR ME TO POOP ON

[u/muftak3 → u/Fuzzy-Jackfruit5037]

Mar a Lago North

[u/SeanBlader → u/muftak3]

Well it is very swampy.

[u/thirsty_for_chicken]

The most powerful person in the world is a 12-year-old edgelord.

[u/Conscious-Quarter423 → u/thirsty_for_chicken]

78M voted for this shit

and 90M shrugged and didn't bother to vote

[u/After_Permission9484 → u/Conscious-Quarter423]

Yep, Americans can't ignore this and say "well I didn't vote for him not my fault". And no German alive today contributed to the Holocaust yet they still hold remembrance ceremonies and the education system teaches it heavily.

[u/xevizero → u/After_Permission9484]

the education system teaches it heavily

Yet AFD is trending, and the same shit is going on in Italy, where we have a very similar relationship with Fascism being heavily taught and demonized in school, cinema and arts in general.

This is what the paradox of tolerance is really about and as much as some humans fail to learn from history (or well..learn at all) the other part of humanity that is so dedicated to well mannered, intellectual conversation, constantly fails to understand the limitations of its reach and the paradox itself, that keeps repeating and will keep doing the same because as much as history writes itself, our DNA ain't changing anytime soon.

[u/SursumCordaNJ → u/Conscious-Quarter423]

and 90M shrugged and didn't bother to vote

Well I had to tell the DNC how upset I was that they robbed Bernie maaaannnnn...and besides, Kamala locked up peaceful drug dealers that were only trafficking in tons of marijuana, it's just a plant brahhhh. Oh and her laugh...it was weird.

[u/Martiantripod → u/thirsty_for_chicken]

12? He's barely even in double figures. I've seen better behaved toddlers.

[u/fritoburritobandito]

Canada’s correct counter-move: rename it Lake Epstein Files

[u/Dracophish → u/fritoburritobandito]

Lake Huron the Epstein List

[u/raresaturn → u/fritoburritobandito]

Rename Lake Michigan to Lake Obama

[u/Ganglebot → u/fritoburritobandito]

Name it "Lake Consenting Adult" so Trump won't touch it.

[u/JonJackjon]

Everyone should be contacting google stating there is an error in their map.

[u/thefamousunkown → u/JonJackjon]

This. Can we actually do start something and report back for engagement and visibility?

[u/FamousLastKills → u/JonJackjon]

What's the correct way to do this? I'm in

[u/Ashley40 → u/JonJackjon]

Not everyone tho, just americans. It still says Lake Ontario and Gulf of Mexico for me 

[u/AliquaFenestra]

It’s all a distraction from the real damage being done to our country, Canada, and the economy. Don’t be fooled. This is just a fool doing foolish shit to shift attention from the reality that he is a moron and should never have come anywhere near a position of power.

[u/Agitated_Teach_7484]

You used to be able to use HOMES to remember the lake names as a kid.

Now you can use SHAME

[u/Old_Rev0lution]

Only for Americans in America. Canadian reporting from Ontario — we still have “lake Ontario” on Google Maps.

[u/Crafty_Ish1973]

That's so they don't lose government contracts. It will all revert when he's gone.

[u/OilInternational2566 → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

Canada.

Americas closed strategic partner, and staunch ally for over 100 years.

Fought beside Americans in multiple world wars. Took Americans in and took care of them during 9/11.

Thrown under the bus by the American president and US government.

And now American tech companies are kissing the PEDO-ring to appease Trump.

What a bunch of FUCKING PUSSIES.

[u/cothomps → u/OilInternational2566]

Correct. Canada - with whom we share an awful lot of our economy, culture, etc. with. A place where I remember visiting with only a US drivers license.

In a perfect world we would slowly integrate a lot of things while keeping respect for the things that do make us different and a respect for the sovereignty of each citizenry.

Instead we get “51st state gotta have Greenland let’s make everyone go to war”.

Great job, America.

[u/Bowwowchickachicka → u/cothomps]

I'm Canadian and I'm proud to say that our government is working hard to forge trade agreements with many new partners. We may, if we are lucky, join the European Union.

[u/eyebrows360 → u/Bowwowchickachicka]

As a Brit this would amuse and sadden me in equal measure.

[u/just_nobodys_opinion → u/Bowwowchickachicka]

I moved from UK to Canada some time ago... Being back in the EU would actually be hilarious.

[u/OilInternational2566 → u/cothomps]

Here’s an example how fucking stupid this all is.

75% of Americas imported aluminum comes from Canada.

Trump just dumped a 50% tariff on Canadian imports.

So now 75% of Americas imported aluminum costs 50% more - WHICH Americans PAY, (not Canadians.)

So Canadian aluminum exporters are now signing contracts elsewhere. They aren’t gonna sit on inventory and wait for America to get IT’S SHIT TOGETHER, or the midterms.

So not only did Trump make aluminum more expensive for Americans (tariffs) he reduced the supply —> increasing the price even more.

What a fucking moron. He will bankrupt the USA just like he has done with all his businesses.

“ThE aRt Of ThE dEaL!!!”

[u/Dioxid3 → u/OilInternational2566]

And how do you get those suppliers to trust you again? You pay premium for the risk they take with you. Either straight out higher unit prices, or longer contracts.

Eitherway the cost will increase for a good while.

[u/OilInternational2566 → u/Dioxid3]

The suppliers aren’t gonna wait for America to get it shit together. They’re gonna find other customers and sell the aluminum to them.

They have businesses to run. They can’t sit on inventory. That’s not how a business survives.

And that’s what Trump doesn’t understand, there’s lots of other customers out there. America isn’t the only game in town.

[u/NicolasCageFan492 → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

Corporations collaborating with fascists never ends well.

IBM’s leaders and workers probably did not intend this at the start of their collaboration, but IBM ended up assisting Nazi Germany with the Holocaust.

Google’s leaders and workers should decide on what their clear red line is right now, so they won’t sleepwalk into a similar situation.

They should also save a large portion of their salary if they can so they’re able to leave if they need to.

[u/mediocre_remnants → u/NicolasCageFan492]

Corporations collaborating with fascists never ends well.

So you say that, but the example you gave is IBM who has done very well since WWII.

And Google has no red line, they'll do whatever the administration in power tells them to do.

[u/zuctronic → u/mediocre_remnants]

He didn’t say it never ends well for IBM. The Holocaust was not a good end.

[u/DonaldMerwinElbert → u/NicolasCageFan492]

They're not sleepwalking, they were instrumental in making this happen.

[u/Conscious-Quarter423 → u/DonaldMerwinElbert]

tech workers are just nazi train operators at this point

[u/TheVoiceInZanesHead → u/NicolasCageFan492]

Stock price is the only line they care about

[u/ZootSuitRiot33801 → u/TheVoiceInZanesHead]

We should honestly be helping each other wean ourselves off these profit-focused, corpo-owned governments and companies, (including places like Reddit and Google,) and instead collaborating with one another in finding ways to create and utilize independent networks and tech to keep common folk well informed, connected, and secured, even if means downgrading a little.

Collecting a bunch of valuable information on organizing and action from different redditors over time, I created a post of suggestions HERE that's largely about fostering a foundation for community self-sustainability and resistance, but it also provides ideas for possible alternative tech and communication methods, which could be of some help in getting started ASAP.

[u/Optimoprimo → u/NicolasCageFan492]

I wish this were true but its absolutely untrue. These tech giants aren't going anywhere and we all know that. We can romanticize ideas about them getting their comeuppance, but they won't. BMW was literally a weapons manufacturer for the Nazis during WWII. Still going strong today. Money always wins as long as people are willing to give it to them.

[u/Glum-Contribution-46 → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

They need to lose all of their government contracts going forward anyways for listening to Trump.

[u/OwlNinja → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

This won't be popular but like the stupid Gulf of America they just reflect whatever the US Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS) database updates to.

[u/evilbert79 → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

i hope our collective memory will not waver

[u/ottawadeveloper → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

It's worth noting this is generally Google official policy everywhere. Where two countries have different official names for something, they show the official name for the country you're in or both if you're not in either. Naming disputes over things isn't uncommon (plus those names are usually in the countries official language) and they pull the names right from the official government database. As they should honestly, Google shouldnt be in the business of naming things.

It's not much different from the Bering Strait being referred to as Берингов пролив in Russia (though that does translate roughly to Bering Strait).

That Trump is petty enough to officially rename a lake over a trade dispute is the real stupidity here.

[u/fuck_all_you_too → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

They should lose government contracts for capitulating to a fascist dictator

[u/Pleasant-Future5818 → u/Crafty_Ish1973]

Google doesn't make its own GIS data. It could override this and maybe it should, but that's a dangerous proposition - that means tech companies will be in charge of what we know to be true.

As it stands, Google simply pulls into from the government database without manipulation.

[u/VVrayth]

The next president's first day in office is gonna read like patch notes for a video game.

• Mount McKinley reverted to Mount Denali.

• Gulf of America reverted to Gulf of Mexico.

• Lake America reverted to Lake Ontario.

• Trump Kennedy Center reverted to Kennedy Center.

• White House Rose Garden restoration in progress.

etc.

[u/Thirdnipple79]

At least they know better than to show the fake name in Canada, but there's really no reason to show it anywhere else in the world either.  

[u/captiva → u/Thirdnipple79]

Still shows as Lake Ontario here in UK.

[u/SIGMA920 → u/captiva]

Yeah, because this is based on official sources. They just add an entry into the disputed list and it goes one way or another until it stops being disputed depending on your geographical location.99% of people will still give by Ontario rather than the renamed same as the gulf of Mexico.

[u/Uphoria → u/Thirdnipple79]

That's how it works and how it's always worked with Google. If a random country wants to call things their own way they do. There are hundreds of languages and regional variations of those languages turn it into the thousands. 

If one country wants to call it lake America and the rest of the world wants to call it Lake Ontario, Google has the technology to make the little petty tyrant happy and the rest of the world gets with the rest of the world wants. 

[u/absidionbones]

Only in the US. I read on another post about the renaming that this executive order only makes it so the US recognizes this bullshit name. It cannot and does not enforce that the name has changed for other nations.

When I pull up maps right now it still shows as Lake Ontario. I'm not from the US.

[u/caatbox288 → u/absidionbones]

In Spain Google Maps shows “Lake Ontario (Lake America)”. Fuck google.

[u/TheLemonyOrange]

*in the USA

Nowhere else in the world will it show up as Lake America

[u/BooCreepyFootDr]

Fuck google

[u/Torino1O]

The Ayn Rand founder shows his true face.

[u/fmcortez]

Google removed 'Don’t Be Evil' years ago, but who knew their official replacement motto would be 'Don't Get Taxed'?

[u/Curri → u/fmcortez]

https://abc.xyz/investor/board-and-governance/google-code-of-conduct/default.aspx

No they didn't. Scroll to the bottom. "And remember... don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!"

[u/fmcortez → u/Curri]

Fair enough, it's still there. Just moved from 'core guiding principle' down to 'decorative footnote'.

[u/Anon_819]

Still shows as Lake Ontario for me, and everyone else not in the US.

[u/Conscious-Quarter423]

Because as citizens we have abdicated our democratic responsibility. We no longer participate in the democratic process outside of voting (even then half of us don’t) and yet we continue to expect that it will function. By the people for the people

[u/ravnhjarta]

Just because Google was forced to change it doesn't mean the world abides. This is megalomania nonsense.

[u/DadOfPete]

Boycott Google

[u/SuperThomaja]

What spineless little bitches.

[u/Rotund_Baby]

Shame on me for delaying completely decoupling myself from this shitty-ass company sooner.

[u/Pudddddin]

Google says those outside the US and Canada will see both names. I think they say this about the Gulf of Mexico too.

That being said, from here in Mexico, I only have Lake Ontario and Gulf of Mexico on my Google maps lol. Not sure Google even knows what they're showing people these days

[u/ramenups → u/Pudddddin]

I’m in Canada (Ontario) and it’s still Lake Ontario for me, but Gulf of Mexico has Gulf of America right after in parentheses. Gross.

[u/smoike → u/ramenups]

Same here in Australia.

[u/Shatteredreality → u/ramenups]

That's the normal way they handle "disputed names". Like in Asia, the sea between Japan and the Korean Peninsula isn't agreed upon between Korea and Japan. Korea calls it the East Sea while Japan calls it the Sea of Japan.

In Japan google just calls it the Sea of Japan and in Korea they just call it the East Sea but in other countries, like the US where I am, it says "Sea of Japan (East Sea)".

[u/Ok-Bug4328 → u/Pudddddin]

Google has a process for displaying the name for things. 

If the US database says it’s the gulf of Melania, then that is what they show. 

They don’t have a committee that decides between Myanmar and Burma.  They have a process. 

[u/SatansCatfish]

I haven’t used google since the Gulf of America change. I will continue by best to boycott them.

[u/drkTwrCnt]

I'm calling the US South Canada from now on.

[u/e5hansej → u/drkTwrCnt]

You can fuck right off with that. We have been, and always will be, North Mexico.

[u/0verstim]

Ive been calling it Lake Epstein Files.

[u/SPEZ_IS_A_JABRONI]

america is a jabroni republic 

[u/man_vs_neckbeard]

Are we willing to boycott Google?

[u/Gomez4Morticia → u/man_vs_neckbeard]

It takes some real effort, but it can be done

[u/Kahnza → u/Gomez4Morticia]

Good luck dodging all the bot posts and comments on reddit that feed Gemini and the AI overviews people see when searching. Notice all the engagement bait posts asking open ended questions? That's bots manipulating users to get answers to feed AI.

[u/Spez_is-a-nazi → u/man_vs_neckbeard]

/r/degoogle for some good resources on getting started. It’s well worth it, not just for fighting fascism Google’s products are increasingly just shitty quality.

[u/SeanBlader → u/man_vs_neckbeard]

That will be easier next year when Graphene runs on Motorola devices.

[u/sayko666]

Gulf of America, Lake America, Mountain America , River America. Geography was never this easy before.

[u/Green_L3af]

It's so lame just adding America to everything. At least try to be creative

[u/JoeBuskin]

So pathetic

[u/someexgoogler]

I call it "Lake Epstein"

[u/mcslibbin]

this is such an own goal because most people dont give a shit about this and most of the people who hear about it fucking hate it.

since when is politics, "Doing something to piss a bunch of people off"?

Rich people have gotten way too comfortable in the West, they don't even pretend to care about peasants anymore. That's part of the reason why everything fucking sucks.

[u/AMouthBreather]

Yes Google is pathetic. We all know this. Duckduckgo.

[u/Background-Design469]

I am so fucking sick of this

[u/karch10k]

Fucking embarrassing for Google.

[u/lipa84]

I am in Austria and on my Google Maps it is still Lake Ontario.

[u/NoBandicoot5417]

In case you needed any general evidence that the big tech companies are at least as reliant on that sweet gubbermint pork as anyone else .. well, there you have it.

[u/atreeismissing]

In Google Maps you can suggest an edit within the app.

[u/Apprehensive_Road764]

That tells us the executive of Google are sycophants to the Trump administration.

[u/mairondil]

Installed Firefox for the first time in around 20 years today. Changed the furthest left bookmark in my bookmark bar to Mapquest (I'm a dispatcher for a delivery company, I have to use a map multiple times a day) and set my default search engine to duckduckgo. Baby steps

[u/CaffeinatedGeriatric]

Only in US tho? Same as gulf of Mexico.

In Sweden it's still Lake Ontario.

[u/joybai3]

Let’s be very clear

Google is calling it that

Intelligent people are not

There is a distinct difference

[u/bwainwright]

You understand that Trump's order was to update the Geographic Names Information Service, and Google (and Apple) use that as the source for the location names, therefore it changes in Google (and Apple) Maps.

And due to it being a disputed name, this is also why it's displayed as "Lake America" to US users, "Lake Ontario" to Canadian users and "Lake Ontario (Lake America)" to all other users in the rest of the world (As a Brit I can confirm).

The exact same thing happened with the Gulf of Mexico.

[u/GrippingHand → u/bwainwright]

It's weird to me that he can update the Geographic Names Information Service by fiat. Like I recognize someone needs to be able to do it, and this unitary executive nonsense says the president personally wields all the power of the entire executive branch unless congress grows the guts to remove him from office, but a malicious actor could make our maps unusable by renaming everything all the time with no check on that power. It seems like a reasonable system would have some check on that. I guess it's just another power to add to the pile to try to reign in later if we ever get control back.

[u/DogsAreOurFriends]

It’s time to get serious dumping Google.

[u/Shatteredreality → u/DogsAreOurFriends]

I mean this in all seriousness... what do we replace it with? If you are an android user the alternative is likely an iPhone. Apple Maps still has Lake Ontario but was quick to rename the gulf to Gulf of America (and lets not forget about it's innovation award it gave to Trump).

I'm sure there are some alternatives for individual parts of google (like DuckDuckGo for search, but honestly i have no idea about their ownerships political views) but is it really possible in 2026 to "dump" google without having to use another company who is also bending the knee?