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minus-squareEntheoNaut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17·13 hours ago I use it now. On Firefox. This is how it’s done. I haven’t googled anything in years.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours 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-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agoSo what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoGoogling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours 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-squareMooserider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours 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-up16·12 hours agoHonestly just “searched” is probably fine.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 hours agoYeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoNah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.
This is how it’s done.
I haven’t googled anything in years.
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. :)
So what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
Googling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
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
I’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
Honestly just “searched” is probably fine.
Yeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
Search
Quaking ?
Nah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.