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[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes, Win95 called it My Computer, but at the time it was maybe the only GUI to do that. I remember the trend really kicked off in the early aughts with MySimon and their advertising campaign. Then all of a sudden every header in the OS got the word "My" tacked on.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you mean header in the OS? Like .h files? I haven’t seen this.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No like textual headers of windows and settings sections. Shit like "My Settings".