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People have criticized Android codenames for the history of those codenames. Jellybean? Froyo? Eclaire? Donut? How are those better than KitKat?

I don't see anything, whatsoever, embarrassing about it. It sounds like they're having a bit of fun with it, and why not?

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aroman12y ago

I guess because it's a bit like they're selling out, even though the BBC article a bunch of people have linked here says otherwise.

But really, imagine if Apple called OS X 10.10 "Pepsi" and you got a free upgrade with every Pepsi you bought. It just feels… I dunno, it feels kinda corporate and sketchy to me, and I think others as well.

I don't really have a problem with it though.

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