“Proprietary”
For me, and many others, the word “proprietary” is pejorative. Proprietary tech is closed, not open; hidden, not shared; expensive, not free.
But I’ve noticed that in certain contexts, “proprietary” is loaded with positive context: it denotes quality and smartness that you only get when you pay clever people lots of money to develop great technology.
This is jarring.
Posted at 21:21, in the comp category. Comments [0]
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