DeGoogle Yourself

So why would google want to handle all the complaints and backlash they’ll take for this?

Because it's worth getting on trump's "good side", per Ajit Pai's reasoning

I think this is important. That said, traffic info is the whole ballgame for many people. People who live, work, and drive in metro areas frequently use map applications even when driving everyday routes to avoid traffic.

I don’t see Google/Waze/Apple maps getting any less popular unless there is a FOSS alternative that includes live traffic, which does not seem possible while remaining free. People will choose free every time, especially since Google maps works so well.

Personally, I would pay some amount for a privacy-minded alternative, something like OrganicMaps with live traffic. But I doubt it could ever attain the user base it would need to provide accurate traffic info.

Talking about FOSS; I prefer OsmAnd because its licence is GPLv3, as opposed to the Apache 2 licence from Organic Maps.

For me it's extra strange. If I zoom out, I see "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)". However when I zoom in it changes to just "Guild of America".

I'm American also in the US.

It's the same for europeans, just in a different language.

I live in the US and I won't recognize the name either.

Same here in Canada, though I get the American version with an American VPN.

Organic Maps is really cool :-)