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Google Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US government (arstechnica.com)
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Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.

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[-] abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

"Fuck em, we're a Monopoly."

And while we're at it.

  • https://duckduckgo.com/: Google replacement, respects your privacy, AI features turn-off-able and completely optional.
  • https://proton.me/: gSuite replacement, Email, Cloud Storage, Docs, Calendar, Video Calls, Authenicator. Actually worth paying for.
[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 14 hours ago

I'd personally suggest Tuta over Proton simply because of the sketchiness of the Proton ownership and their conservative, business-first, citizens-second views.

[-] QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 5 points 13 hours ago

Instead of recommending OpenStreetMap.org, I would suggest Cartes.app as the Google maps replacement (uses OSM data). It contains most features that Google Maps users are used to and will feel familiar to them. OpenStreetMap is more of the backend for mapping apps rather than a direct replacement for Google Maps.

Cartes for most features (satellite view, reviews, shareable links that work for anyone, etc.) and CoMaps for offline/driving directions.

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