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Re:DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Andro... by jacobush on Monday January 13, 2020 @04:13AM (#22032978)
I like destroying trademarks by verbifying them.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Andro... by notduncansmith on Monday January 13, 2020 @11:36AM (#22035901)
Does that work? I’d imagine it just strengthens their brand until someone takes it to court.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Andro... by jacobush on Monday January 13, 2020 @11:50AM (#22036070)
It worked for aspirin and escalator. [0]

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericize...

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Re:DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Andro... by notduncansmith on Monday January 13, 2020 @01:19PM (#22037052)
Thanks for that list - very informative! I never knew about many of these.
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