I fought hard against that for years. I still only use 'app' for phone programs, but I stopped correcting people every time they used the term for anything else. It isn't technically wrong, but it grates on my nerves for some reason.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

If someone told me to use the fdisk app I'd be confused.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 12 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Use the ls app.

Then use the cd app.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 8 points 14 hours ago

Then use the cd app.

❯ which cd
cd: shell built-in command

Not even technically correct, unless...

When I press 'Reply', I am using the Reply app

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