I actively avoid Fedora Linux.
I feel like that's the worst name of any brand ever.

I avoided the Instant Pot for a long time because it sounded cheap and all those functions couldn't possibly work well.

I was wrong. I was so wrong.

Warby Parker. Something about the name just completely frosts me. I know I should grow up and give them a chance (because Luxotica is fucking evil). But it really turns me off. "Warby Parker"...sounds like the name of some kid who's dad owns racehorses.

I lived in a city, had occasional need for a car. A car club would have been ideal. Don't need to spend thousands on a car upfront, don't need to deal with maintenance, don't need to secure parking.

Problem? The only car club in town was called whizzgo. Like, a toddler word for urination. Written on all the cars in big colourful letters. No thanks.

When I shop on Amazon and see the obvious China companies that sell the same product but have the strangest names. Definitely avoid those products. If I see a.company only ships via fedex, I avoid doing business with that company. Dang, I know I have more just can't think of them right now with morning brain.

Edit: I avoid many major brands too. I belive them to be selling because of the name alone rather than having a quality product anymore. Dr Scholls is one of those,

This very Lemmy account is from embracing its domain name.

Can’t hear Uber without hearing Nazis prattle about ubermensch.

I thought Fight Club was a boxing movie and had no interest in seeing it. I only saw it because I tried downloading Jackass on Kazaa and it ended up being Fight Club. The intro had me hooked.

Any product name which starts with "smart" or ends with "maker".

Both are just e-waste OOTB.

I've made a game titled Diarrhea 4 because someone mentioned that as a potential game name. Does that count?

So easy! Whatsapp!

Dumbest. Name. Ever.

So hopelessly of its time, namely that moment when the word "app" was the coolest thing ever among normies because iPhone.

And, cherry on the top, coined by geeks with language skills so poor that they thought "app" rhymes with "up", which it absolutely does not to anyone who speaks English properly.

What an embarrassingly dumb name.

Squirt, the soda.

Avoided: Captain Laserhawk - A Blood Dragon Remix. The title is just so ....edgy. I took one look at it and immediatly lost all interest.

Spoiler: Big mistake. Once I did finally try it out, I immediatly binged all 6 episodes and was devastated that there wasn't more. Fair warning tho, the 18+ rating is completely justified.

Embraced: The Owl House. I had no idea what the show was even about, but the name has a nice ring to it so I got curious and gave it a try ... with a similar result as mentioned above (binge it all and be devastated that there isn't more of it)

Semi-related tho not about the name: I refuse to shop in ANY store that has a self-checkout. And by that, I do not mean that I just refuse to use the self-checkout - I will reject the entire store for that sh*tty business decision. You either employ enough actual cashiers or you can go jump in the lake. Yes it is petty and childish, but I still feel it is justified.

Does judging books by their cover count? Seems like in the same vein...

In the 90s, I avoided Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series books because the Baen covers were awful, and at the time she hadn't written books for any other publisher so I didn't get introduced to her via that route. In the 2010s I finally read her books...and I was mad as hell that they'd put such ugly covers on them back in the day, because I would've been crazy about this series in the 90s!

For 3 or 4 seasons I completely ignored Game of Thrones - the name just threw me off. To some extend I'm happy I did - there was a lot of content to catch up to when I finally did give the first episode a shot :)

I have one that I don't think is shallow or petty. I avoid the Wondergrove cannabis company because there is a children's show/educational program of the same name. While state regulators are making cannabis brands who have made no attempts to advertise to or appeal to children change their packaging to single color designs to reduce their appeal to children, there is a weed brand named after a kid's show that calls its flower line "Field Trip." I call it "Kid Weed" because it makes me think of the WKUK Kid Beer sketch. And I don't buy it.

Mostly foods.

Like headcheese. Even saying the name out loud induces my gag reflex.

I've been playing World of tanks blitz. I had fun, then discovered there is a world of warships blitz as well, which has a Dutch line of ships. It was the 1st game I heard of with Dutch content, so I'm now kinda hooked on it, chasing after all Dutch ships. It wasn't exactly the name of the game, but more the hint of the content.

BTW I'm Dutch, when you haven't guessed it already. ;)

OpenTofu. What the hell were they thinking?