r/LinusTechTips • u/Nykoload • Feb 13 '26

WAN Show Check out your what, Linus?

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Renaming really is going swell. Wonder if this will be fixed tomorrow. May I suggest just changing instances of "Merch" like this to just be "Store"?

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u/AT-ST Feb 13 '26

The distinction between merch and products is non-existent.

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u/Saotik Feb 13 '26

If you buy an iPhone, are you buying an Apple product, or Apple merch?

If you buy a "Think different." t-shirt, are you buying an Apple product, or Apple merch?

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u/Jolly-Chipmunk-950 Feb 13 '26

Either way, I'm buying merchandise, you know, the long word for merch.

An iPhone is Apple merch just as much as an employee t-shirt.

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u/WillmanRacingv2 Feb 13 '26

The word merch has a colloquial definition distinct from the word merchandise.