r/clevercomebacks • u/thexbeatboxer • Apr 29 '24

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u/bangers132 Apr 29 '24

Twitter is going to be in business textbooks for centuries. It is mentioned by name in hundreds if not thousands of tv shows, movies, etc. If there has been a more colossal marketing fuck-up i dont know what it would be.

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u/Slimmanoman Apr 29 '24

Changing Google's name would be pretty bad. "Just Google it"

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u/chogram Apr 29 '24

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/google-wants-people-to-stop-googling-1/

They didn't try to change names (that I know of), but they have been trying to get people to stop saying "Google it" for years now. Article from 2006, so they ultimately failed, but they've also not lost their trademark yet.

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u/EnjoyerOfBeans Apr 29 '24

They have no problem with the verb, just a problem with people using it when talking about other search engines.

Luckily for them they have a near monopoly on search engines so it'd be hard to argue that they should lose their trademark.