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[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 224 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They have become more an Ad-verb in recent years.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 57 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My mom started hating the Ai features. she's trying to make "duck duck going" a thing.

It's never gonna happen but applaud the effort lol

[–] BlueKey@fedia.io 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If I remember right, DuckDuckGo called it 'ducking' or 'duck it' themselfes.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"Fuck a guess, Duck it!" "I'm gonna 'duck out' for a minute"

"Duck this shit."

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oh shit that one actually slaps for real

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wait till you hear Gilbert Gottfried's version.

"SO A DUCK WALKS INTO A TALENT AGENCY..."

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 23 points 2 months ago

Your mom is so fetch

[–] solarvector@lemmy.zip 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Natural consequence of 1) google being shit, and 2) "looking something up" and similar phrases automatically meaning the internet. No one is going to assume the library anymore.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I miss the encyclopedia I had growing up. It was huge - like 5 inches thick. It knew everything and never let me down. And there were no ads or cookie banners to click out of.

[–] mods_mum@lemmy.today 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They went from a great tech shop where engineering excellence was the main driver to a strictly ad business the moment MBAs took over. Story as old as SV capitalism. They did the same to Boeing, HP and many others.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Poach@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[–] MattBlackAlien@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Ed Zitron has a nice write-up 'The man who killed Google search' here.

[–] crimsoncobalt@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've found myself naturally doing this as my disdain for Google grows. I also like the term "query".

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 18 points 2 months ago

Fuck google 👍

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

allow me to query the information highway

[–] picnicolas 9 points 2 months ago

information _super_highway

[–] TacticsConsort@yiffit.net 33 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I just say stuff like "Let me look it up"

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

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”!

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Ooh, I like how you think

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

yeah, most people just search on their phones and/or using their browser. they usually use whatever the default is and don't question it much.

it's moved off of Google sometimes, and when it hasn't it's not obviously labeled as Google. especially when they use siri or ok Google or any other newer interface for it.

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Altavista crew!

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

on one hand I want their trademark to be eroded but on the other hand I want them to be thought of less

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've started using "search it" or "kagi it" just to avoid using the term google. I can't even remember the last time I used Google on purpose and got useful results.

[–] MagicPterodactyl@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When you say "kagi it" does anyone ever know what you're talking about?

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know that word. So I duckduckwent it.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I binged it. Still don't understand.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

I think maybe 1-2 people in my entire time of doing it, but now at least the people I talk to regularly in software engineering know.

I know Kagi has its drama, but I can't get past how useful it has been to me. I did get a new home lab server recently so I may start setting up something for SearXNG.

[–] Rageagainstbelief@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’ve been ducking for years never say that though. I use search or looked up.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

...we need to make "Duck it up!" the new "Google it."

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Google played themselves by making an autocorrect that wouldn't swear.

Hey - I should found a business named Thus.

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 10 points 2 months ago
[–] Granite@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I intentionally stopped using it. So. “I’m doing my part!”

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] vortexsurfer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I saw that on some TV show years ago - Microsoft was obviously sponsoring since every laptop and phone had a windows logo on it, and at one point one character said to another "Just Bing it!" (in a context where you'd normally say "just google it")

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The kids say "search that up"

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

This article was proudly Sponsored by Microsoft and openai

[–] bullshitter@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Mojeek search results remind of the old days

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I fondly remember Beaucoup, mostly because of the boundless optimism necessary to assume Americans could spell Beaucoup.

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

I usually just say Bing It tbh. It's what my computer starts with, no reason to change it, you know? I miss Internet Explorer and Edge just feels different, Internet Explorer meant Internet kinda like AOL was the Internet for America if that makes sense.