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airstrike on Jan 19, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sosumi Snap – Download and Install macOS in Ubuntu

> I'd argue that iPhone is a generic term like band aid or Google.

And you would lose that argument. 2/3 of those are not generic terms.

hellotomyrars on Jan 19, 2021 [–]

Yeah I don’t think iPhone flies as generic but by god in my time of technical support do I find people refer to all manner of cheap $50-$100 Walmart special android tablets as “iPads” and it’s caused me more than a few headaches.

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