Lake Ontario renamed

AI & tech · Heat 1.7 / 10 · 2 shows · 10m airtime

Apple changed Lake Ontario to Lake America for U.S. users of Apple Maps on September 4, 2026, the first day of John Ternus's tenure as CEO, following an earlier change by Google. Trump celebrated the update on Truth Social as complete, ratified, and binding. The discussion criticizes tech companies for bowing to Trump and points to consumer alternatives such as MapQuest and DuckDuckGo. Trump has since said Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean, widening the argument from one lake to how far the renaming push went.

How 2 podcasts covered it

1. Pivot, 2026-09-04 (15:29 to 22:33)
   Criticizes Apple renaming Lake Ontario
   Kara and Jacob discuss Apple following Google in renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America for U.S. users of Apple Maps, which occurred on John Ternus's first day as Apple CEO. They criticize tech companies for bowing to Trump and suggest consumer alternatives like MapQuest and DuckDuckGo.
   New angle: Apple changed Lake Ontario to Lake America for U.S. users of Apple Maps on John Ternus's first day as CEO.
2. TBPN, 2026-10-23 (13:43 to 15:16)
   Plays Trump's account of the Atlantic rename
   Plays a clip of Trump saying Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean, then riffs on the Gulf of America and Lake America. The new material is Trump's own account of Google declining the Atlantic, a step beyond the lake rename already on the record.
   New angle: Trump said Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean.
3. TBPN, 2026-10-23 (13:06 to 14:33)
   Riffs on the renaming spree
   Plays the clip of Trump saying Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean, then riffs on the renaming spree - Trump Ocean, a United States Ocean - and notes Lake Ontario only reads as Lake America inside the U.S. Reaction, not new ground.