Comment on Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Anyone know if this is happening outside the US and if it is whether it’s happening inside the EU?
I live in Finland using Android on a Nokia and I can switch Gemini off completely and choose to use the old Google Assistant instead. It did initially appear out of nowhere when they patched it in, but I could immediately turn it off with the same prompt that the other guy also got.
If it’s unavoidable it seems to be an US only thing atm.
I’m in the UK and today I got asked whether I wanted to leave this on or not - it just notified be and asked me to confirm my consent.
So I think this article’s headline is slightly misleading - Google is actively informing users and asking them to confirm their consent.
That’s good. I haven’t had anything though, hopefully saved by the EU.
Opt-out in the EU I’m fairly sure.
You can check here: myactivity.google.com/product/gemini
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Yeah, this seems like an easy lawsuit in the EU tbh