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Original name of the Sony Walkman (infosec.pub)
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Growing up, portable cassette players were always called "freestyles" here. I never knew it was a marketing thing, or that some other countries also objected to the naming.

this is "original research", which means i dicked around on the internet archive for half an hour. it may be wrong.

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Australian swedish unity never been higher

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

that's what made me do this. i have no idea why they both used the same name, and i can't find any documents explaining the reason for the australians doing it.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Our machinations are beyond your understanding