MapQuest refuses to rename Lake Ontario, jumps from #128 to #1 on US App Store with 1.5M installs
AlishaOutridge · x · 2026-09-10
MapQuest refused to rename Lake Ontario — and was rewarded with over 1.5 million installs across the US and Canada in under a week, rocketing from #128 to #1 on the US App Store.
The author argues this isn't nostalgia but consumers rewarding judgment: most people didn't care about the lake's name until someone changed it on a whim, and the app that kept common sense won their trust.
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