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Google is one in a long line of brand names that are so ubiquitous they come to identify the category. Kleenex, Photoshop, Bandaid, and so on. There's nothing w
by kbd 13y ago
Google is one in a long line of brand names that are so ubiquitous they come to identify the category. Kleenex, Photoshop, Bandaid, and so on. There's nothing wrong with it.
- nitrogen 13y agoThere's nothing wrong with it. There is one thing wrong with it: the originators of those words still claim ownership over the name, even though it has, for all intents and purposes, become a generic word.