QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agosame question lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1826arrow-down19
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minus-squareEntheoNaut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up34·3 days ago I use it now. On Firefox. This is how it’s done. I haven’t googled anything in years.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoSo what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
minus-squareMakeshift@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·3 days agoHonestly just “searched” is probably fine.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days 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-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoGoogling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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-up3·2 days 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?
Honestly just “searched” is probably fine.
Yeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
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.
Search
Searching.
I’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
I use ddg or ddg’d.
Quaking ?
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.