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Microsoft Follows Google on a Controversial Decision - gHacks Tech News

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Microsoft Follows Google on a Controversial Decision - gHacks Tech News

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 days ago

Microsoft has updated its Bing Maps service to rename the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America" for users in the United States

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Sorry, I misread your question. Yes, google maps shows “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)” in Europe as well :(
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  Well at least the america part is between parenthesis, but fuck Google, Apple, and Microsoft for bowing to this orange turd.

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