MapQuest app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario

ElijahLynn

Good on you MapQuest!!! Yesterday, I learned that the threat to rename the Gulf of Mexico I heard about long ago, actually happened. A friend told me that it happened, and I looked it up on Google Maps and sure enough, it was renamed. I was in disbelief, and literally had to see if this was a dream, so I tested my dream by trying to fly and couldn't fly and then I realized it was true, and not a dream. Dead serious. I've been off news feeds for years now (soo much happier) and really am shocked such a stupid thing was done. Then they told me that this idiot was trying to rename Lake Ontario too. I was like "that will never happen". Now, today I hear here that the idiot actually did follow through with this threat to rename Lake Ontario. What a sad mental state of affairs for that individual.

vrosas

People and the news doing a great job scapegoating Google instead of the administration that renamed it in the first place.

ChrisArchitect

Related: Google: How the GNIS Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49495947

triceratops

If you react to this you're giving the administration exactly what it wants.

optimisticedits

I liked Bill Maher's response to it. He should have also mentioned the 650 things that were renamed from 2020 to 2024 for purely political reasons. Apple is renaming the lake on Apple Maps too. So, 100% of those people who switched to MapQuest are still adding to AppleGoogle's revenue which must be disappointing to them, but if this somehow leads to popular support for a new platform or even more-web-fewer-apps, I'll be super glad for that.