this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2026
1140 points (98.1% liked)
Programmer Humor
32572 readers
637 users here now
Welcome to Programmer Humor!
This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!
For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.
Rules
- Keep content in english
- No advertisements
- Posts must be related to programming or programmer topics
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Physical products - maybe, but it doesn't seem to apply to software. And Apple is not the only offender in that (although I have to admit that they're somewhat good at coming up with generic and yet recognisable names because of the context). Just try to think of a desktop or mobile OS that doesn't bundle a default app with a generic name like Files, Mail, Internet and so on.
They're not trying to trademark those. Others can call their default apps the same thing and it's fine. Others can't call their default in house browser chrome (unless they're google).