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beep@beep@piefed.world
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MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation in the Apple App Store, after refusing to rename Lake Ontario

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1371422/mapquests-app-surges-to-no-1-in-navigation-after-refusing-to-rename-lake-ontario

Source: MapQuest on Bluesky

MapQuest also released an online tool that lets you jokingly rename Lake Ontario to whatever you want it to be, then share the results on social media.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831810778/en/MapQuest-Surges-to-No.-1-in-the-Apple-App-Store-30-Years-After-Inventing-Online-Mapping
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morto@morto@piefed.social
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People will move to anything but the open stuff

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ILikeBoobies@ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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I think traffic data matters to a lot of people. Granted MapQuest has a traffic API that FOSS could use for data.

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sic_semper_tyrannis@sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today
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Replying to @⁨morto@piefed.social⁩

I’ve noticed the same trend.

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/home/pineapplelover@pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Replying to @⁨morto@piefed.social⁩

The open stuff kinda sucks with traffic though

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