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MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation in the Apple App Store, after refusing to rename Lake Ontario (www.businesswire.com)
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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.

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[–] morto@piefed.social 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

People will move to anything but the open stuff

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

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

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

The open stuff kinda sucks with traffic though

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

I've noticed the same trend.