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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Use a hardened Firefox, use a different search engine

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I don't even have chrome installed. I use Firefox and Duckduckgo. It in android phones and gsuite products that people have to use for work.You have to go to extreme lengths to uninstall on desktop as outlined in the article, and cannot uninstall or opt out of on android.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My power button on my phone now opens Gemini... Every damn time it's bumped. Press to wake? Oh hello Gemini

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Install LineageOS or e/os/ on your phone and bye bye Gemini 🙂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a Samsung A series, would it work on my phone too?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Which one? You can check officially supported here: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#samsung But it is possible that yours is unofficially supported. In this case you have to read xda forums.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It looks like I need a pc and use terminal. Shit. Though it was a bit more streamlined.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Unfortunately, yes, but that's not hard. Some Samsung phones have installer for e/os/ (full degooglised).