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by sixothree 1360 days ago
That was a fairly repulsive move on Google's part. I still don't understand why they did that.
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solarkraft 1360 days ago
It 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.
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sangnoir 1360 days ago
IIRC, no money changed hands - it was just cross-promotion (like TV cross-over episodes).

I thought it was pretty harmless fun, YMMV.

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hericium 1359 days ago
Would be more harmless with non-shit food.
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sangnoir 1359 days ago
Android 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.

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vore 1359 days ago
What's repulsive about it? It seems pretty innocuous to me in terms of promotion.
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