I'd ignore advice from Apple or Big Tech about how to use words. They are not language experts. They are not content experts.
They are infected with the same over-sensitive "inclusivity" reaction that has spread far and wide like a virus. Apple has adopted the widely criticised Stanford harmful words list.
At bottom of this article are link to another page which has the following advice:
"Avoid 'Peanut gallery' and 'grandfathered'". Because they arose from oppressive contexts.
People are not "grandfathers" at their core. Nobody becomes a grandfather because they had an accident and woke up with the unwanted new identity. Grandfathers won't protest in the street about the term used in tech circles. Grandfather is a name describing their relative position in a family tree.
"master", "slave", "sanity check", "kill"... Apple says no to all the usual copy and paste words from the list. The viral nature of these lists spreading around is of concern.
"Fall through the cracks", "on the same page", and "backseat driver"... Apple says no.
Without your '/s' I'd be lost in the rough seas of your intended meaning.
Feeling the need to copy a list of words is not the same as feeling the need to be inclusive.
Besides, using those words and phrases isn't offensive to anyone other than a small minority of... "language activists" for want of a better description. The same people modifying books down to story elements like what jobs the characters have.
"Check the history of words" is not a UX concern, and shouldn't be in style guides alongside "avoid 'click here'".
They are infected with the same over-sensitive "inclusivity" reaction that has spread far and wide like a virus. Apple has adopted the widely criticised Stanford harmful words list.
At bottom of this article are link to another page which has the following advice:
"Avoid 'Peanut gallery' and 'grandfathered'". Because they arose from oppressive contexts.
People are not "grandfathers" at their core. Nobody becomes a grandfather because they had an accident and woke up with the unwanted new identity. Grandfathers won't protest in the street about the term used in tech circles. Grandfather is a name describing their relative position in a family tree.
"master", "slave", "sanity check", "kill"... Apple says no to all the usual copy and paste words from the list. The viral nature of these lists spreading around is of concern.
"Fall through the cracks", "on the same page", and "backseat driver"... Apple says no.
- support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/applestyleguide/toc