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I seem to recall that up to 2012 or so, the apple logo was printed alongside the looped square on the physical key. We used to refer to it as the “apple key” (2

I seem to recall that up to 2012 or so, the apple logo was printed alongside the looped square on the physical key. We used to refer to it as the “apple key” (2000s CS program anecdote) and I recall it taking a while to adjust to referring to it as the command key. EDIT: now that I follow the link I see this information is in the first line. Oh well!

marssaxman 4y ago
That was a later change. The original Macintosh keyboards showed only the Command symbol, and we called it the "command key". The Apple logo did not show up until years later, when Apple introduced the ADB keyboards, designed to be compatible with both the Macintosh line and the Apple IIgs; their command keys showed both the cloverleaf symbol, used on the Macintosh, and the Apple logo, which had been the convention for Apple II keyboards.