• BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    How would changing the name make it more awkward? Giving up a huge market for no reason other than old nerds crying about a change.

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      9 hours ago

      Everyone knows it by that name, even in non english speaking countries.

      They themselves gave a good explanation. They’d lose brand recognition, they’d expose the name to scammers using it to sell or distribute their own software, and years of tutorials, guides and books would instantly be harder to find and outdated.

      It makes no sense to give up all that, and to force such a change on the whole world, just because some speakers of a single language don’t like it.