Ah, so they enshittified the search on purpose.
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cm0002@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt 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
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Botzo@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
does that mean Microsoft Edge is untrademarkable?
saigot@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
For the same reason I refuse to refer to mastodon or bluesky posts as anything other than tweets.