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Re:Glass – Photo sharing app and community by somethinggggggg on Thursday September 16, 2021 @12:23PM (#28553743)
Why do companies insist on choosing non-unique, generic names for their products these days? I’m going to forget that “glass” means a photo app the second I close this tab.
Re:Glass – Photo sharing app and community by rchaud on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:24AM (#28565842)
Frankly, that's the company's problem. Personally, it's much more annoying when startups name themselves with intentionally misspelled words. Optimizely, Musical.ly, come to mind right away, but there are loads of others.

The only reason this is done is so they can advertise on Google Ads without running afoul of their "non-branded terms" policy.

Re:Glass – Photo sharing app and community by clarge1120 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @01:56PM (#28554904)
It will take a lot of marketing to overcome this fact. "Glass" is a fine name that helps while you're taking in the features/benefits, but it does not help at all with retention.