Comment on I think some people can't tolerate silence and need to fill the air

iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It actually harms Google a little in regards to trademark if it becomes a common verb.

  Same thing nearly happened to Xerox, people used Xerox to mean “make a copy” so much they nearly lost the trademark to it

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  • saigot@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For the same reason I refuse to refer to mastodon or bluesky posts as anything other than tweets.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ah, so they enshittified the search on purpose.

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    • Botzo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well yes, but for that reason.

      They make their money on ads, so if it takes you multiple clicks or searches to get the answer you want, they sell more ads.

      www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

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  • coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    does that mean Microsoft Edge is untrademarkable?

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• ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It literally works fine.

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