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Apple, Microsoft Joining Google Using Gulf of America in Maps Programs (www.cnet.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The reason why people are protesting the random changing of the name is the vast amount of work it generates. Websites, textbooks, maps, etc. will all have to be updated (and all this accumulates to a couple million dollars). By this logic, “Gulf of the Americas” is just as bad.

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