Comment by incomingpain | Hacker News Reader

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>After the google+ fiasco I thought Google had learned their lesson about ramming new products down people's throats whether they like them or not, but with Gemini it seems like this lesson has been forgotten.

I had to explicitly enable it multiple times now. I had to enable it to get it on home dot. Then again to get access to the widget.

>I usually am a pretty happy user of Google's products but they have really ruined the experience for me (and on top of that they are charging extra for the privilege of ruining the experience). Is there a way to completely and permanently get rid of Gemini in such a way that my normal workflow isn't continuously interrupted by Google pushing their bug-ridden and unnecessary AI contraption?

Is it really forcing itself on your this much? Like i only interact with it when i want to.

>Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Buy an iphone?

The AI overview is the first result from a Google search in North America. It's not exactly Gemini but definitely sourced from Gemini. And this happens on browsers and machines where I'm not logged into my Google account.

If you use google search from a browser to get this. Then it's not being forced on you. Stop using it.

> Is it really forcing itself on your this much?

For my tastes, an emphatic "yes". I mean, it's an annoyance and not disastrous, but sheesh. It's a huge annoyance. Not just Google. Microsoft is arguably even worse.

>For my tastes, an emphatic "yes". I mean, it's an annoyance and not disastrous, but sheesh. It's a huge annoyance. Not just Google. Microsoft is arguably even worse.

Do you have a pixel?

Because from my samsung point of view, it's not forcing itself on me at all.

The Samsung experience is a lot better in this regard right now, yes. I haven't had Gemini forced on me on my phone, just in Google apps and websites.

I was actually talking about desktop and SaaS, not smartphone.

Yes, in Google Workspace it's shoving itself at me continually.

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