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Google did it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_KitKat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_KitKat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Oreo https://en
by throwaway932489 4y ago
Google did it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_KitKat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_KitKat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Oreo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Oreo
- sixothree 4y agoThat was a fairly repulsive move on Google's part. I still don't understand why they did that.
- solarkraft 4y agoIt just hit me that (of course) this was coordinated. I'm against many forms of advertising, but somehow I don't mind this. They needed a name for the letter and looked around. I can't imagine the brands having paid all that much to be the name of an Android version.
- sangnoir 4y agoIIRC, no money changed hands - it was just cross-promotion (like TV cross-over episodes). I thought it was pretty harmless fun, YMMV.
- hericium 4y agoWould be more harmless with non-shit food.
- sangnoir 4y agoAndroid release names are named after sweet foodstuffs/desserts: all of them[2] are named after "shit food" - that is the theme they were going for! 1. [x]Cupcake, [x]Donut, [x]Eclair, [?]Froyo (maybe not shit food), [x]Gingerbread, [?]Honeycomb...nothing remotely heathy since then.
- vore 4y agoWhat's repulsive about it? It seems pretty innocuous to me in terms of promotion.
- hulitu 4y agoI'm waiting for Android Barbie. This really would say something about the inner workings.