We Can't Trust U.S. Tech Companies, 'Lake America' Makes Clear
'Lake America' makes one thing clear: We can't trust U.S. tech companies
The concept of 'Lake America'—a proposed U.S.-controlled digital sphere—raises urgent questions about the reliability of American tech firms. As geopolitical tensions reshape the internet, the article argues that recent actions by U.S. companies have demonstrated that their interests do not always align with global users, eroding trust and prompting a search for alternatives.
The 'Lake America' vision, which promises to wall off the digital world into spheres of influence, only underscores a bitter truth: American tech companies have shown time and again that they will put their own interests—and those of their government—ahead of the users who built them.
- sokoloff
The executive orders are ridiculous/childish/whatever-you-call-this. That aside, if they have any legal effect, I’d expect a map company to call a feature by its legal name.
Should a rendering of the land bordering the Southwest corner of the Black Sea show the city of Istanbul? Or must it remain depicted as Constantinople? Or perhaps even Byzantium?
- k310
Google and Apple (soon) make foldable phones.
And why not? Their CEO's are foldable as well.
"Don't be Evil"
Folded.
So here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
Here’s to you.
Folded
- capnjazz
Hmmm, I feel like it would also be problematic if Google and Apple acted as unelected geographic authorities and deciding which names are politically legitimate
- davesque
And then he wanted New Mexico to be New America. Capitulation is not just about what they're asking for now, but also what they'll be emboldened to ask for in the future.
- pedalpete
As a Canadian, I agree this is ridiculous.
Having worked in the mapping sector for a bit, it makes sense.
Google/Apple are not deciding what the lake is called. They are pulling data from the GNIS.
This way people in a region will see what their government decides is the correct version for their people.
Let's take this out of the heated debate.
In the most of the world and Iran (strangely we agree on this), we recognize a body of water known as the Persian Gulf. For the Arab League states, they call this the Arabian Gulf.
Is that Google being evil? Should Google decide what this is called? Or just leave it to the region to decide themselves.
What about the border of Kashmir? How should they handle that?