If that happen to my Garmin then I would still ride but I would not use that garmin and get something else that does not mess up the maps.
you know the world is round right?
Exactly. The ride is more important than the map 
I think that principle applies to Zwift rides and the resulting Strava maps too.
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if people don’t want their strava maps looking less pretty they don’t have to go from one world to another, but why stop those who don’t care about strava doing it?
if you could ride between worlds doesn’t mean you have to.
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You realizes that You used Garmin as a substitute for Zwift. Therefore if people don’t like what Zwift does with maps then they will move to somewhere that does not mess up the maps. 
For all the effort to make it possible to jump between worlds Zwift would be better off to do a good job and take all of this into account.
The most trivial task of riding in all worlds is moving the GPS coordinates.
but wouldn’t that mess up all people’s previous strava times and KOMs and stuff (i don’t use strava so have no idea) as they’d all be in a different location?
No, I’m using the bad map from the Garmin as a substitute for Strava. If you rode on Zwift, with Zwift telling you what speed you were doing, what power you were putting out, what your altitude was, etc. and you never looked at the map afterwards, you would still enjoy the ride.
If you rode [with a Garmin], with [the Garmin] telling you what speed you were doing, what power you were putting out, what your altitude was, etc. and you never looked at the map afterwards, you would still enjoy the ride.
Yes it would reset all the Strava KOM’s.
So lots of things to consider.
Yes it would. However, to an extent that happens IRL too. Roads and trails change, old segments get made impossible, new segments are created.
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Riding bikes is more important to me than Segment Addiction.
*If you or someone you know suffers from Segment Addiction, please know that there is help. Call 1-800-NO-STRAVA to find a support center in your area.
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It is probably less common that road and routes are dug up and moved half way around the world though
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Same here - although this is maybe because i’m unlikely to ever bother the top of any leaderboards!
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I once ran a mile on the deck of a moving ferry in Norway. 1) It only took me 59 seconds. 2) That route is likely not exactly where I left it
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Sure, but if someone builds a new town, or a highway, or a canal etc across one of your favourite segments then it lost forever. When a new road is built, new segments are created. Such is the circle of (get a) life.
The KOM is dead, long live the KOM.
When a segment changes maybe strava could give the current top 10 riders a badge which would cement them as the permanent KOM/2nd/3rd/…/10th all time for this segment that no longer exists. Then KOM chasers would be permanently immortalized for those segments and may look forward to segments being recycled
Edit: Maybe they already do this, I have no idea how retired segments work in strava and am nowhere near a KOM anywhere around here to check.
Suddenly local government planning meetings are overrun with cyclists suggesting county-wide road changes. 
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Tempus Fugit, but it’s 200km
This is what I want. I wish each world had a portal road that looked just like the turn prompt does now, but it was a choice between the other worlds and you just had to select the world you want and ride on through.
I had that one time, was fun to get KOM where i live but some blurred text kept trying to take it and it became a chore so i just stopped, i had better things to do than to battle him for basically a sticker…