[glitcher]

Exactly.

> The appeals panel said trademark loss to genericide occurs when the name has become an "exclusive descriptor" that makes it difficult for competitors to compete unless they use that name.

Nobody can convince me that Bing will improve it's marketing by suggesting that people should "use Bing to google anything on the Internet"!

Interesting off-topic thought - I still catch myself saying "I'm going to uber there" when I'm actually using Lyft.

[ocdtrekkie]

I still instinctively tell people to "google it" even though I exclusively use Bing or DuckDuckGo. I usually catch myself after.

[RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u]

And in an alternate universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4

[chops]

Holy moly!

So cringeworthy!

[voidz]

For laughs I sometimes say I'm AltaVista'ing something. Or "Veronica'ing" if I suspect they'd might get the reference.

[lesserknowndan]

Yes, but what search engine to you think they will use? I would expect Google.

[nol13]

i find odd pleasure in using alternative search engines as a verb in casual conversation