Apple has tweaked the code of the web page promoting its El Capitan operating system so that one of the words isn't misread as a vulgar slang. The tech giant has increased the kerning, or the space between letters "c" and "l" in the word "click", so that it isn't mistaken for "dick". The tagline for the El Capitan OS is, "There's more to love with every click", so it's clear why Apple was keen to avoid any confusion.
Twitter user Dan Leech spotted the tiny tweak in the code:
Apple has not commented on the matter so far.
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