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bitpush • today at 5:25 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

Fun fact - Companies dont like their product name becoming a verb.


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stldev • today at 5:57 PM

Marketing teams kill for this. Every business wants this in the beginning. Once you're big enough that it threatens the trademark, the game changes.

snapcaster • today at 5:27 PM

companies are stupid then, because it's obviously good for them. You're maybe thinking about how trademark lawyers pursue use of it but that's for tactical reasons not because it isn't great marketing

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bigyabai • today at 5:26 PM

I'm going to have to see the statistics supporting this claim.

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mrdw • today at 5:27 PM

source: trust me bro

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