I wondered when the name change was coming because this is Google: products be endlessly repackaged and renamed, some only to be killed later.
reply > products be endlessly repackaged
i’m thinking it’s an intentional turn of phrase
replyso for example in native English, if someone upset some people, you might say, just to be creatively different:
“oh boy. people be big mad”
it is an idiom, not necessarily officially part of the language. just saying things in a silly way to be different
“now you’ve done it… People be cryin’!”
I think it might also be an echo of pidgin English/Creole/caribbean English? Would be an interesting language dive. Ask an AI!
I reckon the same dipshits responsible for Microsoft’s product naming in the early 2000s all moved on to Google to wreak the same havoc there.
replyTheir current product naming is still terrible.They went from the Xbox, to the Xbox 360, the Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X.
replyThe latest console is the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X
I thought that was satire but I've googled it and you're not even joking.
replyGaming’s home deserves to be on Linux.
replyI know GabeN agrees with me, and he’s worked hard to make it happen.
...and the Ally ISN'T EVEN AN XBOX!!!!
reply"""AI Overview: No, the Asus ROG Ally is not actually an Xbox. It is a handheld Windows computer made by Asus, even though it features Xbox branding and uses an Xbox-style controller layout"""
No, no, they’ve all moved over to Salesforce.
replyLooking at the recent decades-old-brand renaming bonanza with MS Office I'm pretty sure they're still in Redmond.
replyBanana Paper was on the shortlist
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