afporritt1001@lemmy.today to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 5 days agoChanging the state of privacy starts with changing how we talk about things. Stop using anti-privacy language, here's a guide 👇lemmy.mlimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down152
arrow-up1307arrow-down1imageChanging the state of privacy starts with changing how we talk about things. Stop using anti-privacy language, here's a guide 👇lemmy.mlafporritt1001@lemmy.today to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 5 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareLLMhater1312@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoIts been so hard to stop saying google it but im getting there, they really got us good with their branding brain worm
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoAt the same time, Google hates people using their name generically for web searching because it risks them losing the trademark. So I guess I am conflicted, because I hate to acknowledge Google more than I need to, but would love to see the term become meaningless.
minus-squareManalith@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoI use DuckDuckGo but say Google for this exact reason. If I’m talking to someone I actually like I usually elaborate to say “Google isn’t the search engine I actually use because it’s sus, but you know what I mean”
minus-squarecomfy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoLuckily I find it pretty easy to avoid using brand names and just use the plain old verb. Search it for me. Look it up. Message me. Send it to me, I’ll send this back to you. Set up a call, a meeting, a video call.
minus-squareeodur@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoPretty sure “to google” means to search for something and get nothing but ads, bad answers, and frustration now. Dunno why anyone would want that. Or maybe it means “to create a cool product then kill it while it’s still popular.”
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days ago“Could you DuckDuckGo that for me?” just doesn’t work the same.
minus-squarepomegranatefern@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days ago“Hey, can you Duck around and find out?”
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoThat really needs to be their next PR campaign.
Its been so hard to stop saying google it but im getting there, they really got us good with their branding brain worm
At the same time, Google hates people using their name generically for web searching because it risks them losing the trademark.
So I guess I am conflicted, because I hate to acknowledge Google more than I need to, but would love to see the term become meaningless.
I use DuckDuckGo but say Google for this exact reason. If I’m talking to someone I actually like I usually elaborate to say “Google isn’t the search engine I actually use because it’s sus, but you know what I mean”
Luckily I find it pretty easy to avoid using brand names and just use the plain old verb.
Search it for me. Look it up. Message me. Send it to me, I’ll send this back to you. Set up a call, a meeting, a video call.
Pretty sure “to google” means to search for something and get nothing but ads, bad answers, and frustration now. Dunno why anyone would want that.
Or maybe it means “to create a cool product then kill it while it’s still popular.”
“Could you DuckDuckGo that for me?” just doesn’t work the same.
“Hey, can you Duck around and find out?”
That really needs to be their next PR campaign.