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China based firm named Asgard with product names like Thor? Whats going on here?
by pureheartlover 2y ago
China based firm named Asgard with product names like Thor? Whats going on here?
- shiroiushi 2y agoIt's a big step up from names like FDSOOJVX.
- LoganDark 2y agoI can always trust POYICCOT to sell weird USB-C adapters. It's a thing
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoThis is happening a lot in many product categories as a way to market effectively for international audiences, without some of the mistakes Chinese firms have historically made. Borrowing from other cultures is easier. For example in audio, Hifiman is a Chinese audio company that previously used alphanumeric names for their headphones but now uses various Hindu or Sanskrit (?) words to name their headphones and give them more of a “theme”.
- guruprasadah 2y agoFrom a quick glance at the website, the only two such products I can see are the "Susvara" (meaning "with notes") headphones and "Deva" (meaning "god") series headphones. Both of those words are Sanskrit. Their hindi equivalents are quite similar sounding (Susvar and Dev).
- govg 2y agoThey also sell/have sold the Arya, the Sundara, and the Ananda.
- speed_spread 2y ago[flagged]
- stepupmakeup 2y agoI assumed it's to attach to the "as" naming prefix, asus, asrock, asmedia, etc.
- PokemonNoGo 2y agoWhat does that prefix mean?
- Veliladon 2y agoNothing. It's Pegasus with the first two letters removed so they'd be at the top of the phone book when we used phone books way back in 1989.
- coffeebeqn 2y agoHeck, If I look real hard I might even find some California based companies that don’t pull exclusively from ancient Californian lore.
- deaddodo 2y agoThe US can trace its lineage directly back to Europe. And many of the companies in the US are founded by recent immigrants (0-2 generations, worldwide), so it makes sense that it would have a varied history to pull from that includes European mythology. The same can't really be said of China. That being said, ancient mythology isn't something worth gatekeeping. And anyone who gets real uppity about (specifically) Norse or Celtic mythology instantly starts triggering "closet/academic racist" vibes.
- voytec 2y agoStargates and wormholes.
- zo1 2y agoMarketing... These not-so-famous-yet Chinese firms have picked up what the West has been doing and are trying to cut out the middle-man. Essentially the West's MO has been to buy cheap no-name generic stuff from china, have them colored/branded/packaged, and then slap on all the necessary product packaging stuff on the packaging (including a "Name"). Essentially acting as a middle-man that doesn't actually produce the product, barely does any QA and just adds a thin veneer of this being an actual "company" that manufactures and sells this product. Sometimes they use a fancy term like "white labeling". Here is such a company in the South African context that's super obvious about it: https://www.loot.co.za/search?cat=b&brandcode/leisurequip https://www.loot.co.za/search?cat=b&brandcode/leisurequip
- nicman23 2y agothey are sg1 fans
- Woodi 2y agoMaybe something about hammers ? Or rainbow. They said they binned that korean chips, wonder how ? ;) Anyway, we are better not buying pure american chips (they burns) and soon to be on terrorists linked list if we own one - x86 goes military ! I'm somewhat worry about them now - x86 means Windows everywhere ? And that "AI PC", whatever it is, I already hate it...