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"harass them mercilessly"

Wow, that's your response to something you don't agree with? Harass them?

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I can't be the only one who feels like this is the absolute lowest priority of dumb shit to resist the regime over. It's just filler. Another thing he is doing to flood the zone. But one that really doesn't hurt anything. It's a distraction. Ignore it and focus on the actual damage he is doing.

Honestly - this is from a playbook used by every autocratic administration: “Take the attention away from the more important things”. Seen it in EU constantly: Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, etc. So sure, report it, but be aware this is a charade.

Wrote App Store review, then deleted maps. Installed Organic Maps to replace.

Truth is, these big companies don't care about you. Or your opinion. You can threaten them about "switching to Linux", but these companies will think twice and say:

• if we take this complaint seriously, we might retain one (1) customer, which makes us $1000 in the future
• if we follow Trump, we might get some favorable legislation, which makes us $10000000

how, do you think, will apple react?

Do it. Move to Linux.

You're shouting into the void. Stop trying to beg the ruling class to not oppress you and get organised. They will not give up power voluntarily.

Didn't last long...

What difference does this make? Some lower level employee will see this, roll his eyes, and then continue on with his day.

Beyond this, do you think Apple can actually take any other position than aligning with fascism? That was always going to happen. They literally can't help but align with fascism- this is the culmination of late stage capitalism.

It's like politely asking a dog not to salivate when it sees a steak in front of it.

You're not gonna get anywhere and you're just wasting time.

Also on a side note- you should switch to Linux because you should take charge of your own hardware and learn how it works before it's taken away from you. You should do it for open source and for freedom. Not threaten to do something because a company is doing company things.

That’s odd; my Apple Maps says “Gulf of Mexico” and searching for “Gulf of America” shows 0 results.

Unlike Google Maps/Earth….

Shout out to the menial workers at Apple Maps who are going to have a crap day at work tomorrow because of the thing their boss made them do, so they don't get fired and replaced by someone else who would do it.

put your money where your mouth is. install linux before fruit company removes your ability to do so.

threatening companies through a feedback dialog box isnt resistance. using foss kind of scares them.

There is a better chance that user reporting for this will be disabled more so than it is that this would make a difference. You know that right?

If this latest drama with Apple Maps (and Google Maps) is what pushes someone over the edge to looking for more user respecting options then the people further gone than I would really be comfortable getting used to. Both companies regularly do much more than should do more to turn you off.

https://ravynos.com/ Switch to MacOS without Apple when it is finally released.

Don't waste your time with stuff like this. Install an alternative app - OpenStreetMap is great and does have the correct name.

Done ✅

Now let's use this opportunity to find some FOSS options like Organic Maps

Also, reporting that Trump Tower (either) should be renamed Mexico Tower feels pretty good.

Google disabled reports and editing for it.

The linux part is cringe. Just move if you don’t want to use apple’s os

~~lol, the iOS app won’t let me submit a ‘name is wrong’ report.~~

I’m dumb

A waste of our time for sure, but I did it as well.

I'm going to start calling it the United States of America of Mexico and sometimes Canada.

You should abandon Apple for Linux anyways. Apple doesn't care about you, your privacy, or anything but them making more money, from you. This has been proven time and time again by evidence and whistleblowers.

alternate name for this article: "How to feel good about yourself while doing something that doesn't help anything at all"

lol good luck with that. Did you ever think maybe the reason he's making all these ridiculous changes, is to keep the peanuts busy, while he slashes spending? Cause it seems to be working.

It says my report is “in review” and I’ll be notified when they review it.

I wonder how that will go, and how fast.

I assume they have mechanisms to just push mass reports into a black hole. Or similar.

They don't care.

I'm not denying that it's the moral thing to do but fascists don't give a shit about morals.

I don't really know how to feel about this.

Was it decreed by an absolute narcissist for no reason other than the kind of blatant arrogance Americans are notorious for? Absolutely.

Was it also completely legal? As far as I can tell. It's not really these companies' place to resist map name changes, it's the citizens' and our representatives'.

Does it have anything at all to do with fascism? No.

I’m sure they’re scrambling after this

The stunlock continues