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minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoSome of my non-techie friends were complaining about how rubbish Google search is now and I suggested Duck Duck Go. They couldn’t get past the name. I know it’s based on some childhood game in the US but it makes no sense to anyone here in the UK.
minus-squarecyberwolfie@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoSo back to the search engine with the serious and sensical name “Google” then?
minus-squareVinstaal0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoYeah it’s a weird fucking name and i didn’t like the search results of it nor of Google so I switched to Ecosia instead
Some of my non-techie friends were complaining about how rubbish Google search is now and I suggested Duck Duck Go. They couldn’t get past the name. I know it’s based on some childhood game in the US but it makes no sense to anyone here in the UK.
So back to the search engine with the serious and sensical name “Google” then?
Yeah it’s a weird fucking name and i didn’t like the search results of it nor of Google so I switched to Ecosia instead