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https://mashable.com/article/gulf-of-america-chrome-extension-fix
https://fixthegulf.com
Just saw this today.. hilarious to use chrome and an extension to bypass Google’s policy.
atomicassailant
also, while we're on a free for all renaming things. Florida will now be American Foreskin.
ThenAgainIHateMostThings
Eh, always be weary of installing plugins in your browser... Especially a plugin that has access to a google.com address. It might not be a bad plugin today, but it is not uncommon for plugins with a decent install base to suddenly turn nefarious and start acting bad. So yeah it might be fun, but just beware.
Malinut
Or "New Solent" as we in the UK like to call it. /s
atomicassailant
wouldn't it be more effective to stop using Chrome and other Google products to give them the "middle finger?"
isetprettygirlsonfire
Cool, but this doesn't exactly give anyone the middle finger, especially if you're using google chrome
IceWeaselX
Too bad this only affects the local machine. Now, if some larger organizations happened to install such extensions on their drive images prior to deployment...
bexxMaker
historycat
Call it the Gulf of Mexico and pay attention to Musk. Ask why he needs your kids Social security numbers to find waste?
LeftRightThere
peterbozeman
I switched to mapquest after Google maps changed the name.
Mapquest is ok. It has ads.
Does anyone have another map app to recommend?
DarwinsAgain
Gotta admit, the Orange Buffoon knows how to stick to a playbook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_changing_of_place_names_in_East_Prussia#:~:text=On%2016%20July%201938%2C%20more,eliminated%2C%20Germanized%2C%20or%20simplified.
DarwinsAgain
TLDR: "During World War II, renaming occurred primarily in occupied/annexed territories, because the Nazi government felt that "foreign language names for places constitute a national threat and may lead to mistaken world opinion in regard to their nationality".
eiger3970
FOSS alternatives (user friendly these days to end extreme capitalism and empower the individual): browser: Firefox or Opera; cloud drive: Nextcloud; email client: Thunderbird; maps: maps.me phone, OpenStreetMaps desktop, Organic Maps phone, OsmAnd Maps phone; OS for desktop: LinuxMint or Raspberry Pi5 desktop; OS for phone: not android; search engine: duckduckgo.
WrathOfJigglypuff
Now remember imgurians, under no circumstances install this on a non-tech savy Trumper associate's com;puter as it would cause them a lot of stress, especially when you show them your computer that has "Gulf of America". If this unfortunate thing were to happen, never, ever mention that you will report them to Elon for "Un-American activities".
8FootedAlgaeEater
Migrate to Firefox and Proton. https://supp">efox">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switching-chrome-firefox and https://proton.me/
YourCatPower
Becker37
I have a hard time processing the amount of stupidity going on.
IamtheAIyoushouldfear
Gulf of north Mexico
Garmin7
GubmentCheez
JustUsLeagueUnlimited
Use mapquest. Stop using Google.
OldBikerDude
I'm calling it the Gulf the Oldbikerdude
WhoToldYouLifeWasFair
I'm gonna start using "The Gulf Of Yucatan", just because.
BlackHoleSon01
The Gulf of Stupidity. We must honor these great, home-schooled republican minds
Pevinsghost
"Chicxulub Crater Gulf" might as well get something terrifying yet awesome in there too.
davidseavey726
Thank you. You saved me a search
SteveD31415
Actually there is a Gulf of Yucatan and it's right where you expect it to be.
LupusLilium
Off the coast of Sicily?
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
Next to the Gulf of America?
madvin
Just use an extension who replaces all the GAFAMs sites by rival ones!
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
arop using chrome its a garbage ass browser that eats tam anyway
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
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EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
how long until the plugin is blocked by google
FlyingButtPliers
It's open source, so it just depends who wants to play the game how long. I'm not sure a google employee would want to pursue such a "non-impactful" project given the AI or get laid off trend in tech
Nikolai5
Realistically, unless the US government ask them to do something, and since Trump is such a little bitch, he probably would, they won't do anything. If you're outside of the US, it now shows as "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)". So Google on its own doesn't fully change it for people outside of North Kor.. Sorry, USA.
therealikstemtegen
But that plugin could change the name of the US. So should be blocked 🚫. Someone at google
spiritplumber
Unitedstan
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Same as they blocked uBlock, probably not long. Stop used that shit and switch back to Firefox.
GabbyJayYay
Tried ublock origin?
bippityboppitybuttsex
I think Google's goal is to keep the US Gov't happy, they don't really care what people do after that
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
Google is interested in controlling the internet.
bippityboppitybuttsex
The do.
Photeus
Oh they can do their best. They tried to stop the extention that kills YouTube ads. Went back and forth for weeks and YouTube finally gave up.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
they aint done yet. Youtube still fucking up a LOT when you have adblocker installed. I know, cause I just had to deal with it.
VibratingNipples
is there a firefox extension for this? Fuck chrome
JustAnotherCynicToo
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quietmrbean
Does Firefox also have it show as Gulf of america?
antcaesar
Take on count it's not the browser the one that changed the name to "Gulf of America", were Google Maps and Apple Maps the one who did it, so if you go to the Apple or Google maps site, it will show "Gulf of America". The extensions only change it locally, if you really want to give that people a middle finger, you should start for using other alternatives "Open Street Maps", for example.
GabbyJayYay
Esri maps still have it the way it should be
SunFart
Bing caved. So did Duck Duck go
phovos
Doesn't DDG use yahoo/bing search but without as many trackers/ads?
CyanideBreathMint
When I type gulf of America in DDG, I still get map images saying gulf of Mexico.
SunFart
Shows Gulf of America to me
ReggieNJ
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restore-gulf-of-mexico/
VibratingNipples
I just tried it and it doesn't work
ReggieNJ
Try signing out and back in. That worked for me.
rabbittej
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Skippingbubbles
I just did it, and it worked for me. Reggie! You are my hero! Wish I could upvote you nine more times!
EverNotRelevant
You wanna give Google the finger, ditch chrome too
3andAHalfLivesAgo
Been using Firefox since Chrome decided 64g of 7k ram wasn’t enough. Suck my fucking left nut until the right one is jealous Google.
imgonnaralph
PineappleLoopsBroether
Ram greedy piece of shit browser can suck my loops
ProjectDA
yep. ditch as much as you can. i only use google search anymore to look up the gulf and florida to submit feedback about the inaccuracies. they will always be the gulf of MEXICO and the state of MoonPieTown.
TinySheep
For personal I've switched, but sadly at work can't cuz some of the sites/software only works with Chrome, throws a fit when it's even a Chromium-based non-Chrome :(
Shinryus
Firefox user since 2006/7 here will never change!
BlueskydragonFX
Yup and run adblockers on Firefox. Deny google their adsense and youtube ad money.
Cranbananarama
Was gonna say, not using Chrome is a good start.
DontKnowTheSource
I have except for the phone.... I can't afford a new one so I'm tied to a pixel. Work requires I have one but won't pay for it
randomdudefromtheinternet
Honestly i am using the DuckDuckGo Browser fairly recently and now am wondering why the fuck i didn't switch earlier. Their focus is protection of your personal data and i dig it.
Catumi
Stopped using all Chromium based browsers due to the fuckery one way or another depending on the day. Firefox and good to go after some minor custom CSS configs like giving me back my 📁 icons for bookmark folders that Chrome also took away.
electricwizard
I switched to Vivaldi six months ago, never going back. It even has mouse gestures you can customize to close a tab or navigate to the next tab quickly.
EverNotRelevant
Bruh, that's still chrome
YouTalkShiteHen
* Chromium. And presumably with any phoning home to Google removed.
YouMayFindThisMildlyInteresting
Not in any way that matters to Google
lostlittletimeonthis
Well it still contributes to their engine being the internet's default
rowm
Well if someone wants to reinvent the wheel to replace something like chromium and make it the new default go ahead