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MapQuest Surges After Defying Trump's Name Change | California News
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MapQuest is making a massive comeback—30 years after fading from view, it’s now the 1 free app on the App Store, thanks to its bold defiance of President Trump’s order to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” By sticking with the historic name and even letting users rename lakes themselves, MapQuest tapped into a wave of nostalgia and trust, sparking a 50x surge in app usage. As trade tensions flared and Google Maps complied, MapQuest and Apple Maps stayed true to tradition—proving that familiarity still wins over political renaming.
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