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Here is another reason Google is terrible. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (11 children)

    They could do the right thing and resist the fascism. You know, like how anybody with a platform and a moral compass would do. But I suppose expecting shitty companies to not be shitty is too much to ask.

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    He only has the power to do that for the executive branch. He can’t compel citizens or corporations to follow along - not with the law anyway. He is getting away with it because the people whose pockets he’s lining are happy to play along as long as number goes up. That’s all they care about.

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    He only has the power to do that for the executive branch. He can’t compel citizens or corporations to follow along - not with the law anyway.

    Exactly. And when companies and citizens are rushing to comply out of either fear of retribution or the hope that sycophancy will keep them in the protected "in-group"?...

    Thats fascism.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    If this were about pulling data from GNIS, it would have taken at least a month to show up on their platform. Its governent data and legacy data pipelines.

    Some Google developer had to write an entry for this to happen so fast. 100%.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    And It'll be our role to burn down their offices and data centers.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago

    Private companies are not compelled to follow executive orders. They are instructions for the executive branch of the us government, per article 2 of the us constitution situation. Not the entire country. Not even the entire US government. Trump acts as if he is a king with limitless power, and then proceeds as if it were true. It works because the current US government is happy to play along, as are giant corpos, such as Google, et al. This is a massive psyop brothers and sisters. Use Google when you have to. Use Amazon if you have to. Fill up your gas tank and wash your lettuce. But for god’s sake do not be fooled, and do not play along.

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    Then why does Google show "Gulf of America" in brackets to Europeans? Why did Google update "Lake America" to Americans faster than the actual usgs maps?

    Sycophancy is the answer.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Complying with Trump's insane bullshit is supporting him. They should draw a fucking line and not update the map. Or use a source that hasn't changed the name. It still shows lake Ontario in Canada. He should have to force every single fucking thing he does through court to make anything happen.

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