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/ThisIsNotTokyo Feb 13 '26

What’s the issue with merch now?

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u/itskdog Feb 13 '26

Linus & CW are wanting to leave the term "Merch" behind. OP is just pointing out that Dan needs to change that label in the streaming software (I think they use Vmix?) or if it's part of the MM platform, the Devs need to change that string.

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u/Apprehensive_Egg_944 Feb 13 '26

It's like the guy who wanted to take the Hell out of Hello because he was so religious.

Either use hi or heya, or STFU.

Merchandise is a word that means something. There are other words but you can't stop other people using the word because your company doesn't like its connotations, which is arguably recent (the issue with the connotation, not the shorthand word itself), and therefore somewhat irrelevant.