▲ 474 ▼ MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation in the Apple App Store, after refusing to rename Lake Ontario (www.businesswire.com) submitted 2 months ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1371422/mapquests-app-surges-to-no-1-in-navigation-after-refusing-to-rename-lake-ontario Source: MapQuest on Bluesky MapQuest also released an online tool that lets you jokingly rename Lake Ontario to whatever you want it to be, then share the results on social media.
[–] morto@piefed.social 24 points 2 months ago (3 children) People will move to anything but the open stuff permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago I think traffic data matters to a lot of people. Granted MapQuest has a traffic API that FOSS could use for data. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago The open stuff kinda sucks with traffic though permalink fedilink source parent [–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 point 2 months ago I've noticed the same trend. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago I think traffic data matters to a lot of people. Granted MapQuest has a traffic API that FOSS could use for data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago The open stuff kinda sucks with traffic though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 point 2 months ago I've noticed the same trend. permalink fedilink source parent