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Google Forcing Gemini Down Our Throats Feels aLot Like Microsoft and Internet Explorer, But More Insidious (slate.com)
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[โ€“] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

for months, every time i used google assistant to set a timer, and every few days without asking, i got push messages to use gemini instead of assistant on my phone. there is no way to disable those messages - they only go away if you have at least once activated gemini. btw, assistant functions like the timer DO NOT WORK if you use gemini; it's really great service to push your costumers to install a feature to take away a feature that is used daily.

[โ€“] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I actually did activate it to test that now, because I thought there is no way they'd leave that out... And it works! It set me a timer.

But yeah, that's annoying. Very.