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> People complained, Google didn't care. At one point after a few weeks it just magically reverted back.

So Google did care?

At this scale, change takes time to unfold due to bureaucracy and technical reasons.



Most likely some government folks got upset enough for Google to care.


"Have correct street names in a mid-size Finnish town" wasn't in anyone's KPIs, so they didn't bother with it for way too long.




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