Google maps is no longer #flatearth

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When zooming out in Google maps it no longer shows a flat (Mercator projection) but a round earth.

Flat earthers BTFO now

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How can the earth be round if our eyes are flat?

Your eyes aren't flat. They have a lens.

If our eyes aren't flat how can we see flat TV screens?

Instead of watching tv you should cut yourself and watch teh blood drain in teh mirror.

How can trees be real if our eyes arent real?

Oh my god, you're right! The trees are flat too!

It's not because of some SJW anti-Mercator bullshit is it?
Mercator did nothing wrong.

>SJW
Most flat-earthers are conservative/right-leaning or magatards like yourself

Mercator was a known racist. He sought to show predominantly white areas like England, Greenland, Canada, Russia, Antarctica, etc. as larger, and Africa as smaller than real.

I meant people complaining the 3rd world looks too small on a Mercator projection.
Nobody at Google gives a shit about people pretending to believe in a flat earth on a Mongolian camel dung painting board.

That's exactly the myth I'm hoping Google didn't fall for.

I like how the transition looks smooth but I'm also concerned about the RAM and CPU time this useless gimmick requires.

But all maps are inherently racist. You have to be able to read to use them.

The flat map was objectively better
Zoom out, zoom in on a new location
Sphere map is retard
Zoom out, spin spin spin spin, zoom in
Virtue signaling ruins UI again

Google is by far the best about this. I swear every year each service they own requires more clicks per action. Holy fucking shit why do this for several years oh my god I want to die

south america is a hoax + hollow earth confirmed

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This is probably the most retarded thing ever if they did it because of flat earthers. Like seriously who was using google maps to try to prove the earth is flat.

>Virtue signaling
what?

That just makes it even more awkward to use.

that is exactly the point
sticking it to the frogposting flatearthers even when it hurts other users

>Even worse UI
>Even more resource hungry since it now has to do 3D drawing for a fucking map

Most flat earthers are just trollish people honing their argumentation skills.
Which mean they pretty much won it.

Honestly this. I've never met a flatearther irl. It's always "internet" people.

They live among us. They just mostly know better than to tell people IRL.

do you live in america? I dont there's many outside the US

How in the fuck did smartphones become popular when electrical efficiency is at an all time low.

You can disable it