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.”

  • @fristislurper@feddit.nlEnglish
    48•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
      26•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
        15•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.

        • LupecEnglish
          10•1 year ago

          Adding to that as a native Brazilian Portuguese speaker, no word I’m aware of comes even close to that one either. Our words don’t really use Y like that to begin with.

    • TheRealKuniEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      Nike is the Roman god of victory.

      To be pedantic, Victoria is the Roman version. Nike (Νίκη) is the Greek version of the goddess.