Apple changes Lake Ontario name to 'Lake America' for US users of its Maps
gnuplustoejam
11 points
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September 02, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
tencentshill
This was after a phone call from Trump, unlike Google which complied in advance - I wonder if it was to Cook or Ternus?
andsoitis
This whole kerfuffle made me curious how common it is for a geographic object between two countries to be called by different names and it is surprisingly (at least to me) common!