@cm0002 to Lemmy Shitpost • 3 days agoI think some people can't tolerate silence and need to fill the airlemmy.mlimagemessage-square21arrow-up1324arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1309arrow-down1imageI think some people can't tolerate silence and need to fill the airlemmy.ml@cm0002 to Lemmy Shitpost • 3 days agomessage-square21cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@cm0002OPlink23•3 days 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•3 days agoFor the same reason I refuse to refer to mastodon or bluesky posts as anything other than tweets.
minus-square@Botzolink10•edit-23 days agoWell yes, but for a different 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. https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
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
For the same reason I refuse to refer to mastodon or bluesky posts as anything other than tweets.
Ah, so they enshittified the search on purpose.
Well yes, but for a different 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.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/