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I'm not even sure why they migrated settings to settings - control panel remains much more direct and explicit.

• userbinator 5y ago
  Because it's not your computer to control anymore? It reminds me of when My Computer was renamed to This PC, and My Documents became Documents --- a subtle way to say it's not yours. The latest anti user trend is of course that of referring to computers as "devices".
  • jaywalk 5y ago
    Yeah... I think you might be reading just a little too much into the new names.
    • jimmygrapes 5y ago
      Perhaps, but I've sat in design meetings for a very similar concept: the original product was something similar to "My Pass" and there was well over an hour of a dozen people discussing the psychological effects changing it to something closer to "[Brand] Pass" - the biggest one being that exact transition of ownership. The overwhelming majority agreed that removing the sense of individual ownership implied by "My" would both encourage sharing (in this case it was reasonable to do this as an "upgrade") and to encourage brand loyalty. I suggested "My [Brand] Pass" but was roundly shot down as "that just complicated things". Surveys were performed (NB: I do not know what these surveys contained or how they were handled) and eventually it was decided to call it something like "Family Pass". Point being that name changes can come from such over thinking.
      • notriddle 5y ago
        The name was probably changed because there were so many school- and work-issued Windows PCs that calling it "my computer" made no sense.
  • webmobdev 5y ago
    People who are downvoting you don't realise that sometimes corporates even spend millions of dollars to determine such small things, like even choosing the right word or colour to determine how to best influence consumers.