afporritt1001@lemmy.today to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 1 month 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-up1358arrow-down155
arrow-up1303arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareLLMhater1312@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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-up6·1 month 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-up4·1 month 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-up4·1 month 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-up4·1 month 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-up2·1 month ago“Could you DuckDuckGo that for me?” just doesn’t work the same.
minus-squarepomegranatefern@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month ago“Hey, can you Duck around and find out?”
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month 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.