• culprit@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    34
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 days ago

    ALL of Lebanon, not just the south. check along any border where there are small towns on each side, and the Lebanon side does not have any label names while the other side does.

  • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    28
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 days ago

    I’d like to see a picture from like a year ago.
    Did they actively remove them, or is this just another case of Apple Maps being shit in countries Apple doesn’t care about?

  • stumu415@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    23
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    4 days ago

    Apple supports Trump and Netanyahu. I don’t support Apple and own none of their products and never will. The Apple closed environment is the authoritarian version of software. It’s a monopoly.

  • kingofras@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    4 days ago

    Did a check on Google Maps too. They certainly have also removed some data, but not on the same ctrl-alt-del level as Apple.

    Be warned though. I did one random scroll through Southern Lebanon and it’s revolting. And these satellite images are outdated by months.

    https://maps.app.goo.gl/XNmUdaBuUVUA6qau7

  • twinnie@feddit.uk
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    5 days ago

    They could’ve done it as a legal thing to make sure the IDF wasn’t using it to target centres of population.

    • fiat_lux@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      5 days ago

      That is not a thing, and even if it were, they’re towns. They don’t move on their own. The IDF could pick up a paper map published 20 or more years ago with the same information.

      This is what happens when a company receives enough requests internally or from customers or other organizations or governments to take a geopolitical stance. It happened with the “Gulf of America”, it happens when companies list Hong Kong without the suffix “(PRC)”, and it’s happening here. It also happens when companies use flags to describe languages or show country borders.