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• @routpatt@meow.social 2026-04-24 17:52

  @Haijo7 @Craigp This. Most people aren't even native English speakers. Claiming that “all the potential users” are so put off by four apparently random letters that it's the only reason they keep paying Adobe licences isn't very convincing. Like someone else already pointed out: how good must a name be? Is Inkscape an industry standard yet because of its inoffensive name? By that same logic, why would anyone want to use 3D software sharing names with a destructive kitchen appliance made to turn things into mush? Yet Blender seems to be doing well enough. And yeah, like Haijo here said, git should be the best counterpoint. I keep telling people, even Americans, the old joke that Linus named two projects after himself: Linux and git. No one gets it. And everyone uses it.

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