Big difference in using a genric name 45yrs ago vs using generic name post 2020

So the "trend* is that everyone didn't figure out the arbitrary deadline you came up with on when everyone should stop using regular words?

You don't use the same marketing strategies as people did in 1960 if you want to sell your product in 2026 unless you purposefully want to fail.

So, tracing back to the original comment in this thread, Go and Rust were failures due to them having insufficient mindshare? If anything, people have often criticized the Rust community for marketing too much.