• BlueKey@fedia.io
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    Counterarguments:

    • Chrome
    • Edge
    • Sky
    • Adobe Acrobat
    • Outlook

    All wellknown programs or services where the name has no relation to the purpose.

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      These are all major commercial services that can afford advertising or are already more than established. Most FOSS doesn’t have these perks.

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        I don’t even necessarily disagree, but I think that position is unfalsifiable because if the example is a highly popular program then “that doesn’t count because it’s big”, and if it has a small user base then “of course it’s small, it has a shitty name”.

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        This.

        Nobody’s going to forget the name of the browser they use every single day. But if it’s some niche tool that I have to look up every time I use it once every few years, that’s more difficult.