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minus-squareEntheoNaut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago I use it now. On Firefox. This is how it’s done. I haven’t googled anything in years.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoSo what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoJust use “search”; we don’t want to make a company name the new synonym for search otherwise we are stuck with that company when it gets evil
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoGoogling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·29 days agoThanks. I might just Hoover up your ideas and Xerox them for my Ziploc of tricks. *I’m not American and would never use any of those words.
minus-squareMooserider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
minus-squareMakeshift@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoHonestly just “searched” is probably fine.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI’m trying to not use Google or YouTube starting this month, at least for this month. (i.e. September 2026) (So far so good. :)
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoNah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.
This is how it’s done.
I haven’t googled anything in years.
So what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
Search
Just use “search”; we don’t want to make a company name the new synonym for search otherwise we are stuck with that company when it gets evil
Googling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
Thanks. I might just Hoover up your ideas and Xerox them for my Ziploc of tricks.
*I’m not American and would never use any of those words.
I’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
Searching.
I use ddg or ddg’d.
Honestly just “searched” is probably fine.
Yeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
I’m trying to not use Google or YouTube starting this month, at least for this month. (i.e. September 2026)
(So far so good. :)
Nah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.