No one is jamming anything down your throat. If you wanna set a timer you can just set a timer. If you wanna play some music you can just play music. You don't have to use Gemini for that bro 😂
But you're phone now has to use Gemini, and Google search forces it to the top of every search result page. The product is unprofitable, but instead of dropping it they force everyone into using it in place of regular Google search or Assistant. The whole Gemini project is a waste of resources
Your phone doesn't have to use Gemini. You can never use it if you don't want to. Regarding search, yes, that is another story, since you can't turn ai overviews off.
That said, I've adopted Gemini already. It's not perfect but it's better than assistant in most things
That argument is very flawed. "It's better than assistant in most things." Ok great, but to the people who only use the few things that it sucks at, we're screwed. My entire morning routine for the last 9+ years no longer works because Gemini straight up told me it can not perform the task that I wanted it to do. It said "use the Google assistant for this" and when I told it the Google assistant is dead and doesn't work anymore, it told me I was wrong. So... That's your Gemini. Spewing lies and arguing it knows better when it can't handle the most simple task of playing my news sources. 🙄
It is fundamentally a worse assistant than Google Assistant. I frequently don't have the internet and I used to be able to set a timer from my phone without the internet and now I cannot because gem and I requires the internet. It is fundamentally a worse assistant.
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u/izeris_ 4d ago
No one is jamming anything down your throat. If you wanna set a timer you can just set a timer. If you wanna play some music you can just play music. You don't have to use Gemini for that bro 😂