Is it shallow, or petty, to decide based on name alone? Yeah, pretty much, but there’s probably something, a product or service or site, that the name has made you gloss right over it or jump to it ASAP.
What are some examples that spring to mind for you?
I actively avoid Fedora Linux.
I feel like that’s the worst name of any brand ever.
tips distro m’linux
Ah, another Hannah Montana Linux user, I presume.
It was originally developed in 2003, just as the hat started to come back. The neck beard meme seems to have come about later in the 2000’s (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fedora-shaming).