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Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ (www.forbes.com)
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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (14 children)

You actually turned off geminis ability to serve YOU. You never turned off Gemini itself. Google won’t allow that. It’s still running in the background send your data to Google and its advertising partners. Google has publicly stated this is the intended design and they will not allow turning that off.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (13 children)

    Show me.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (12 children)

    I don't have to show you. Google, the people who made the fucking OS, told you that's how this works!

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (11 children)

    No. They provided me a nice little button that allows me to disable Gemini, and they have allowed me to opt out of any usage. So again. Show me that it is still active after I have disabled it.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I was curious so I searched. This is the best info I could find. 

    https://proton.me/blog/turn-off-gemini-on-android

    Proton claims that even if you turn everything off, it will still watch in the background because Google is replacing assistant with Gemini. That still hasn't happened on my phone. I can still use the regular Google assistant, but I feel like I'm not smart enough to evaluate the claims to know whether it is really running on my phone or not.

    Proton also has a profit motive in making people upset with Google, so I don't know.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Let’s say I install a button on your car that flips from “broken” to “fixed” my itself. Anytime you complain something is wrong, I flip that switch to “fixed.” That doesn’t change anything. The switch just tells other things to do something. It doesn’t enforce anything. It’s basically telling Google whether you want it or not, not actually obeying you.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (4 children)

    Sure buddy. You believe what you want. I'll believe the programming.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Cute. You assert you are right by ignoring my point completely. I gave an example where a switch that does nothing could be used to convince you it did something. You basically said “nuh-uh”.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    You made up a scenario. Here's one 

    I have a switch that turns off my car when I push it. I push it, it does exactly what I ask. There done. My scenario is more real then your made up one.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    No. They provided me a nice little button that allows me to disable Gemini, and they have allowed me to opt out of any usage. So again. Show me that it is still active after I have disabled it.

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