Apple and Google's Eager Complicity in Trump's Lake America Farce
Never Forget How Eagerly Apple and Google Coddled Fascism
Karl Bode argues that Apple and Google's immediate adoption of Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' in their map apps—before the US government even implemented it—is a stark example of tech giants coddling authoritarianism. He contrasts their sycophancy with smaller firms like MapQuest, which refused and saw a surge in downloads. Bode contends this pattern of compliance, driven by fear of regulatory and financial repercussions, reveals a deeper moral vacuum in Silicon Valley.
Compliance was purely a self-serving financial decision by the kind of men who have a gaping sucking sound where any sort of courage or integrity might otherwise reside.