Well that’s funny, because the multiple definitions for “brand” say otherwise. Lemmy is basically people just parroting: Linux good, everything else bad. You literally cannot disagree with anything on this website or the hive mind will shit on you.
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Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoYeah, it’s not a brand man. That’s part of what makes it great. A brand is something created to profit off of, which always ends up worse for the end user. Linux is not there to make profit. It’s whole purpose of existing is to serve the user.
primarybelief@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mark_Institute
It fits the definition of a brand.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
From the wiki (emphasis mine): A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller’s good or service from those of other sellers.
What are they selling? It’s free. It’s not being sold.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
They accept donations, do they not?
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Espousing this cooler-than-thou nonsense about a non-brand is at least as cringe as jocking a brand