this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
319 points (100.0% liked)

technology

23303 readers
413 users here now

On the road to fully automated luxury gay space communism.

Spreading Linux propaganda since 2020

Rules:

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The l33t w4r3z d00dz were calling applications 'appz' since at least the '90s. Then there was that brief period where Apple tried to claim "app store" was short for "apple store" so no one else could say it..

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Actually the proper nomenclature of the time was 'warez'.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not enough ascii in this comment tbh

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

markdown killed the ascii star

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, it's a regional dialect.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

“What region?”

“…Usenet.”

“I…RC.”

[–] stewie3128@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

That is our word and you have no right to use it

When I was a kid, I thought it was pronounced WHERE-AZ.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Then there was that brief period where Apple tried to claim "app store" was short for "apple store" so no one else could say it..

I'm only surprised they didn't succeed.