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How to turn off Gemini in Gmail — and why you should | Proton (proton.me)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • In your Gmail app, go to Settings.
  • Select your Gmail address.
  • Clear the Smart features checkbox.
  • Go to Google Workspace smart features.
  • Clear the checkboxes for: Smart features in Google Workspace, Smart features in other Google products
  • If you have more Gmail accounts, repeat these steps for each one.
  • Turning off Gemini in Gmail also disables basic, long-standing features like spellchecking, which predate AI assistants. This design choice discourages opting out and shows how valuable your AI-processed data is for Google.

This has finally gotten me to take steps to deGoogle my email, Fastmail trial underway.

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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I've been using Proton for years, 100% would recommend

That being said, I have had to use my gmail a couple times over the years because some sites do not accept an email address unless it's from one of the top few email providers. It's fucked

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    I went one step further and use my own domain where I can freely choose my hosting provider.

    So far I havent had an issue with sites accepting my domain (and it's not a very common one to start with).
    The only issue I have faced so far is with some sites seemingly unable to fathom how one would want to switch their email.
    Looking at you IoI Interactive

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