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That's exactly why it's a poor choice for a product name. It's "greedy" to claim generic words for your products. It works for the likes of FAANGs with stuff like "Google groups", but at least they're coupling it with their brand. To just come out and call your product "Sink" for example, with no qualifiers, is foolish and bordering on unethical.



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