Picking another corporation to base your language around isn't better. Why not refer to the general privacy concepts that corporation claims to have?
this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2026
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This reeks of adults trying to explain to other adults about 'internet speak' and should have stayed in whichever marketing fools addled brain it came from
installing apps instead of sIdEloADing please
Hush! Behave you subversive element! Only evil people won't use official appstores!
Using snap or Flatpack?
make install
fuck snaps, flatpak is my bae.
hehe, yikes
between Proton moving operations and its CEO being a MAGA (or at least a Trump sycophant), the advice to adopt Proton has really curdled recently
Yes, all his musings about Trump cracking down on Google aged like fine milk. Everyone who paid attention knew this though. He should keep his mouth shut about politics and do his company a favor
What the fuck is wrong with just saying email? It's been around for decades.
If someone said to me "Could you crack a Linux" I would walk away slowly and avoid eye contact.
Gotta go home and crack a few linuxes
Don't forget to pop some kernels when you're done.
Linuces
Not Linuxi?
Linuxen.
Apparently Linuces is Latin for multiple Torvalds's
Linopodes
Silly me, I forgot the grammatical plural of Linux. Damn it.
Hello fellow linuxahoic
but if enough people use google as a general verb, the word will stop being owned by alphabet (from my understanding)
It would be safer if we discussed.this using encryption:
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OK?
Please provide your public key.
Oh, sorry, I lost that with my bitcoin wallet in 2011 when my hard drive crashed βΉοΈ
Yes. Public Forum conversations should be encrypted so the AI scrapping bots donβt analyse them
I just say "I did a search" instead of "I googled it" nowadays, mostly because I don't like lying.
Proton Meet? lol
Cups and string ftw
Instead, lets simplify: Search, Message, Email, Video Call... wtf is the last one
Proton advertisement.
Had me going until "Could you crack a Linux?"
This is a joke... right? Right?
Judging by the last part... yeah. But also, there is something to it.
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Would be better if this had serious suggestions. But to add a serious one, please say something like "content blocker" instead of "adblocker"; you're not freeloading by blocking ads, you're choosing to not connect to unwanted privacy-hostile content with your computer and internet connection, as you should.
What the fuck is this?
Instead of: "Android."
Say: "An open source Android (AOSP)-based operating system such as LineageOS for microG or other similar FOSS projects that fully circumvent Google Play Services."
You know, like a normal person.
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The linux is already open
Its been so hard to stop saying google it but im getting there, they really got us good with their branding brain worm
Luckily I find it pretty easy to avoid using brand names and just use the plain old verb.
Search it for me. Look it up. Message me. Send it to me, I'll send this back to you. Set up a call, a meeting, a video call.
Pretty sure "to google" means to search for something and get nothing but ads, bad answers, and frustration now. Dunno why anyone would want that.
Or maybe it means "to create a cool product then kill it while it's still popular."
At the same time, Google hates people using their name generically for web searching because it risks them losing the trademark.
So I guess I am conflicted, because I hate to acknowledge Google more than I need to, but would love to see the term become meaningless.
I use DuckDuckGo but say Google for this exact reason. If I'm talking to someone I actually like I usually elaborate to say "Google isn't the search engine I actually use because it's sus, but you know what I mean"
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Do people not know how to say "this is my email address" anymore?
as som have mentioned. I call email, email. And I call video conferencing video conferencing and would say hop on a conference call or just call. I mean many people dial in. Video is just standard now but they used to be done with just phones. I usually say the message app used as at a workplace its whatever they use. Open some windows is talking about gui windows not ms windows. I don't get the alternative thing at all. Its like that thing with ms not being able to trademark windows because windows is a common word. you say windows don't let ms own that trump. I do say google sometimes for search and that is bad but I often say search or look it up. I just need to stop saying google sometimes.
Open some windows is talking about gui windows not ms windows. I don't get the alternative thing at all. Its like that thing with ms not being able to trademark windows because windows is a common word.
I'm pretty sure that in this specific context, it's actually referring to the physical windows that you would crack to let in some fresh air. I'm also pretty sure that this post was a joke, LOL.
ah, getting the last bit was likely key to realizing it.
Yeah, language doesn't work like that.
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