Why is it never the other way around? I’m sick of EULA updates silently enrolling me into things i never asked for

Eat more AI! We’ve spent hundreds of billions of dollars on this fucking garbage, so EAT IT! Yeah! It’s in your email! It’s in your car! IT’S IN YOUR TEETH (launch date: Q2 2026)!

It's so weird that we have to go through hoops and loops to get rid of this stuff! I was sick of my Android responding to a long press of the power button, meant to shut it down, with a Gemini prompt. Took me an hour to figure out I can't get rid of the function, but I can switch back (for now) to old style Google Assistant.

If you have to force functionality down your users' throat despite them not wanting it, you already lost. Gemini is Google's Clippy, just less iconic and more also-ran.

Plus the options are frequently hidden and unclear.

I thought disabling One Drive on my Windows machine would keep it from syncing to the cloud. Nope, it just changed where the files were stored but Windows copies it to One Drive even when One Drive isn't running.

In the case of google, I assume that turning off the Gemini bullshit doesn't have any impact on it copying all the content to their servers even if you don't see it happening.

They are asking for legal trouble anyway, at least in Europe

FWIW I use Fastmail and it works great.

And we’ll just watch them either get slapped by an insignificant fine, or watch them weasel their way out of this again, by claiming they made you agree to some perpetual abandonment of rights, like they always do

in the Gmail app on Android and iOS devices

At least it isn't my turn yet

Or pay a fine of half a billion or so, but only 15 years later

Maybe the even more important question: Why can you even opt out? Why is this not done on-device, without anything going anywhere to begin with?

I mean, I know the answer, you know the answer, everyone knows the answer. If this was truly privacy preserving, there would be no need to opt out.

to shove it in people's faces who would never go out of their way to turn it on. probably like 99% of people.

it says you need to have smart features on for this to work. I went looking for how to turn it off, but aparently in the EU, UK, Japan and others it's off by default

but Windows copies it to One Drive even when One Drive isn't running.

I don't understand why users and our justice system let them get away with this. This is malicious. Your operating system is literally literally malware. It does not respect your choices and it steals your information.

If you have to force functionality down your users' throat despite them not wanting it, you already lost.

As much as I'd like to think so, they're not stupid, they know what they're doing. They cram it in your face to make sure you know it's there. And most people don't care.

In reply to all of the complaints here: I've never seen anything about Gemini on my Graphene OS device. ‍️

I'm surprised so many people who probably use Linux use a stock operating system on their phones

Unless I opt out of Gmail? Yep, already done.

Despite efforts to the contrary, PC is still an inherently far more open platform, with better alternatives available.

I'm not sure what you mean? Are you saying Linux is a better alternative to windows than, e.g., LineageOS is to android?