Trump rename Lake Ontario jadi "Lake America"? Serius? 😳 Nah, lo mungkin udah tau atau belum, tapi minggu lalu Trump nge-sign executive order yang ngubah nama Lake Ontario jadi "Lake America." Ini basically retaliation terhadap Canada yang walk away dari trade talks. Padahal, ngomong-ngomong, nama Lake Ontario gak ada hubungannya sama province Canada sama sekali. But here we are.
Yang bikin interesting, Google Maps langsung comply sama perubahan ini. Jadi kalo lo buka Google Maps dari US, lo bakal lihat "Lake America." Kalo dari Canada? Tetap "Lake Ontario." Dan kalo dari negara lain? Lo bakal lihat "Lake Ontario (Lake America)." Thanks, Google. Credit: Google
Google ngejelasin di blog post mereka kalau policy mereka itu follow naming conventions dari U.S. Geographic Names Information System. Tapi bisa juga karena Google gak mau ribut sama Trump Administration yang bisa potentially hurt their trillion-dollar business. Apapun alasannya, Google Maps now calls the lake by its "new" name.
Nah, kalo lo ngerasa hal ini annoying dan mau navigation apps yang masih ngikutin global consensus, lo punya beberapa opsi. Apple Maps still calls it Lake Ontario (for now), tapi kayak yang kita tau, Apple juga pernah change nama Gulf of Mexico jadi "Gulf of America," jadi kemungkinan besar they'll do the same with Lake Ontario soon. MapQuest dan Organic Maps still maintain the correct names, so those are solid alternatives if you want to stick with the original naming.
Oh iya, Waze technically shows Lake Ontario initially, tapi once lo tap on it, the name switches to Lake America. Guess that's what happens when Google owns the app, no obat. 😂
My take? This whole renaming drama is lowkey hilarious tapi juga concerning dari perspective corporate independence. Tech companies basically forced to comply sama political decisions yang clearly gak popular secara global. While lo masih bisa pilih alternatif yang respect international naming conventions, question remains: how long before semua apps fall in line? 🫠