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minus-squareEntheoNaut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up35·1 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-up7·1 month agoSo what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
minus-squareMakeshift@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down1·1 month agoHonestly just “searched” is probably fine.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoYeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 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-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoGoogling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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-down1·1 month agoI’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoNah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 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. :)
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 use ddg or ddg’d.
I’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
Quaking ?
Nah, use it on the DDG browser for extra cool.
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. :)