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[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 weeks ago

Can we stop calling computer programs Apps?

[-] xylol@leminal.space 5 points 4 weeks ago

How about progs

[-] SavageCoconut@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Sounds like a race from Starcraft or WH40K 😂😂

[-] MurrayL@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Why? It’s just short for application, which has been used to mean a computer program for decades.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Why?

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 weeks ago

It's dumb. These aren't mobile devices.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

The term predates mobile devices by a long time. The only reason to limit the terms like this is for a non-techsavy audience which Lemmy isn't.

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