Nemeski@lemm.ee to Google@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle is losing its status as a verbwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down11
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkGoogle is losing its status as a verbwww.businessinsider.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Google@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down8·3 months agoPLEASE keep calling it “googling it”, even if you use other search engines. If enough of us do that, then Google can lose the copyright to their name
minus-squareEffortlessEffluvium@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoIt’s a trademark not copyright. You don’t lose copyright but a trademark can be diluted to meaninglessness. Still would be funny for them to have to say: “Google brand search” like “Kleenex brand tissues”!
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoOoh, I like how you think
PLEASE keep calling it “googling it”, even if you use other search engines. If enough of us do that, then Google can lose the copyright to their name
It’s a trademark not copyright. You don’t lose copyright but a trademark can be diluted to meaninglessness. Still would be funny for them to have to say: “Google brand search” like “Kleenex brand tissues”!
Ooh, I like how you think