[hnlmorg]

The point isn’t that we can’t use generic adverbs. It’s that DDG’s name makes it unrealistic to use their brand as an adverb, which loses them more exposure.

[x______________]

So you're saying we are returning to normalcy without adding a corporate term to our every day language?

"I searched the net and found..“

[Fnoord]

The net would lead me to ask: which net? Network? The proper term would be the world-wide web (WWW).

[hnlmorg]

As I’ve said twice already now: DDG is a shitty name for those of us might want to use the company name as a verb.

My comment is no more profound than that.

I’m not making any comment about social norms. And nor am I saying it’s impossible to describe searching for content online without “verbing” the company name.

I’m just saying DDG is hard to use as a verb.

Edit: I did say “adverb” in my previous comment. Obviously I meant “verb”. My painkillers hadn’t kicked in yet so excuse the faux pas there.

[qbane]

cf. Kagi is a good take