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minus-squareEntheoNaut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days ago I use it now. On Firefox. This is how it’s done. I haven’t googled anything in years.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 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-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoSo what verb do we start using then? Duckling? Ask Jeeving? Yandexing?
minus-squareMakeshift@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoHonestly just “searched” is probably fine.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoYeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoGoogling. That’s how you invalidate a trademark.
minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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-up0·4 days agoI’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.
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?
Honestly just “searched” is probably fine.
Yeah. In this day and age noone will think you went to a library to look it up.
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.
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I’m actively still using “google” to turn it into a common verb and make Alphabet lose the rights to the word.