MindGeek wants a “fresh start.”

Pornhub’s parent company is changing its name to total nonsense::MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub and other adult entertainment websites is changing its name to Aylo as it looks to get a “fresh start.”

  • Vlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    With “total nonsense” I expected something like ZyAbct328 or some crap, like a name you can barely find to stay under the radar.

    But Aylo? Wtf is The Verge doing?

    Aylo is only “nonsense” because you’re not used to it. What about Sony? Nike? Lego? Cisco? Adobe? …

    • fristislurper@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Just because I was curious: Sony comes from sonos, sound in Latin. Nike is the Roman Greek God of victory. Lego is is a Danish abreviation for “play well”. Cisco comes from San Fransisco. Adobe is the name of a Creek near the founders house.

      • Vlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Of course they have origins, but that is pretty much true of any name. If I look up “Aylo” I find:

        A user from Morocco says the name Aylo is of Portuguese origin and means “someone who’s easily attached to someone”.
        A submission from New York, U.S. says the name Aylo means “One who sees seeds” and is of African origin.
        A user from Canada says the name Aylo means “Loving”

        • czl@lemmy.noice.socialEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I can tell you the first one is total BS — there is no word in Portuguese that even sounds close to that one. Source: am a Portugal.

  • XPost3000@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    They’re changing their name to “Aylo”, not literal “Total Nonsense” and that makes me sad