Don't use the google icon on your frontpage as the "G" for "groups" #2175

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opened 2025-11-20 07:05:20 -05:00 by saavagebueno · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jakob1379 on GitHub (Aug 12, 2025).

Describe the problem

Using that icon leads thoughts to you as an organization affiliating yourselves with Google.

To Reproduce

  1. Go to netbird.io
  2. be scared of your privacy
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Expected behavior

  1. Go to netbird.io
  2. Feel empowered
Originally created by @jakob1379 on GitHub (Aug 12, 2025). **Describe the problem** Using that icon leads thoughts to you as an organization affiliating yourselves with Google. **To Reproduce** 1. Go to netbird.io 2. be scared of your privacy <img width="496" height="66" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c4f16e50-442e-4cd9-81d6-b06a78c2504b" /> **Expected behavior** 1. Go to netbird.io 2. Feel empowered
saavagebueno added the triage-needed label 2025-11-20 07:05:20 -05:00
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@1nerdyguy commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2025):

Google owns a G now?

@1nerdyguy commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2025): Google owns a G now?
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@jakob1379 commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2025):

The have, for some time 😅

https://trademarks.justia.com/872/24/g-87224991.html

And the image link is the google logo

https://netbird.io/_next/static/media/google.bc8cd0cc.svg

It's not that it is a "G" but the geometry and looks of it. There are other ways to represent the concept. An alternative could be a matrix, graph network or something else

@jakob1379 commented on GitHub (Aug 12, 2025): The have, for some time 😅 https://trademarks.justia.com/872/24/g-87224991.html And the image link is the google logo > https://netbird.io/_next/static/media/google.bc8cd0cc.svg It's not that it is a "G" but the geometry and looks of it. There are other ways to represent the concept. An alternative could be a matrix, graph network or something else
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Reference: SVI/netbird#2175