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However successful this product becomes (which looks doubtful given its dependence upon signatures), its irritating generic web 2.0 startup name will prevent me
by bede 14y ago
However successful this product becomes (which looks doubtful given its dependence upon signatures), its irritating generic web 2.0 startup name will prevent me from ever taking it seriously.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoSquare has a good product name, because it's memorable, and it fits the device (it's square!) On the other hand, iZettle is neither memorable, nor makes any sense.
- arethuza 14y ago"iZettle is neither memorable, nor makes any sense" YMMV - I thinks it's both memorable and makes sense (sounds like "I settle"). Also, I've never seen a Square device so their domain isn't memorable to me!
- VeejayRampay 14y agoSquare is kind of annoying because it conflicts with Squaresoft in my mind (later renamed Square/Enix after the merge), which is collaquially called Square.
- fennecfoxen 14y agoThe thing that makes me worry is the "Super social" tag. If there's one thing I like about Square compared to all the other nonsense Web2.0 garbage out there, it's that it isn't trying to spam my Facebook page with all my purchases. (The closest thing is that there's a "find nearby businesses" in the Pay With Square app. That's fine.) "Social" in this context just sounds like "here is another way we think we can make more money off of you". Bah. I've no love for my credit card company but at least it's not trying to be a social network. (Yet. (That I know of.))
- jarek 14y agoThey should have named it Hipcard, obvs.