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The Lake America renaming moves into the map apps
Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario escalated from proclamation to product: Google Maps shows Lake America in the US, and the fight moved with it.
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The celebration
Supporters cheer each domino: Google Maps updated, Burgum saying the President personally called Apple, and reports of Google employees quitting drawing a let-them-walk shrug.
The refusal
Canadians and US critics treat compliance as the scandal. Ontario put up a Now and Always sign, and MapQuest went viral for announcing its map still labels the lake correctly.
The selective-outrage camp
Canadian conservatives argue the outrage is selective, pointing out that Canada spent the last decade renaming its own streets and schools without the same defense of history.