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Am i the only one who thinks that using "Google it" instead of "search it" or "look it up" is problematic? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There are so many search engines out there and even chat bots to get info from. I refuse to let Google monopolize an action.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's normal that brand names become widely used synonyms for basic activities. Just one example would be this one: In german ppl call adhesive tape "tixo" like the company producing it. So before we abolish capitalism this problem will keep on existing.

I am trying not to use those words but even though i'm using DuckDuckgGo, "Googling smth" is just so widely used, it's too hard to stop using it and it'd also be kinda useless to do so, like what am I going to achieve there?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In german ppl call adhesive tape "tixo" like the company producing it.

Do you mean Tesa? I've never heard Tixo but maybe we live in different parts of Germany?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, I live in Austria! Maybe should have specified that, lol. I rly thought it would be the same for ppl in germany as well. At least here we say Tixo tho, I think I heard it on german telivision 'Tesaband'? Ig it makes sense that there's regional differences for this stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"Tesafilm" is more common or just Tesa. I would have assumed it to be the same in Austria but I guess we both learned something today

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