Ew, this article is an ad for another company. I feel icky when people try to monetize my basic human rights.
How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://proton.me/blog/turn-off-gemini-on-android
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minoscopede@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
imblue@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Just dropping some links here:
nobody has to use an operating system made by an advertisement company.
Except for people with locked boot loaders. They really are trapped in some corporate hellscape. That stuff should just be illegal.
kadup@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
[deleted]imblue@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Uhhh interesting, what kind of device is that ? Is it really new ? Maybe that’s why there is no community support for it. Because nobody has started hacking on it yet
phonics@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is it true that newer pixels have RAM dedicated to AI? And even if I turn of Gemini and delete the app I still won’t able to use that RAM?
Is it counted within the usual 8-12gigs or is it seperate?
Just trying to find out incase I buy one for graphineOS
eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
On Pixel 9 stock they mention you can disable AIcore in the settings, so I would assume GrapheneOS is unaffected.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
iamkindasomeone@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
In Germany we say: “Gemini auf den Sack” and I think it’s beautiful.
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
“Turn off”
_LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
easy, install graphene instead
Redex68@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ah yes, for the whole 5% of people that have a Pixel
_LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
no problems, just solutions
sixty@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It can be boiled down to: avoid anything big corpos are pushing
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
it’s becoming harder to fully turn off or remove.
They’re going to phase out assistant almost completely, migrating features to gemini. Realistically the privacy of assistant was not better, but gemini uses a fully functional LLM and not a huge if-else-switch statement for standard commands.
I think they have the upper hand over AI companies as they own the internet and youtube for training purposes.
But gemini wants to be my friend if I don’t stop it, and it’s creepy and weird.
miridius@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think it’s different in the EU
workerONE@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It says to turn it off you open the Gemini app on your Android phone and change some settings. I uninstalled the Gemini app completely. I wonder if it’s still running on my account somehow.
Dhar@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
You can manage it from myactivity.google.com/product/gemini
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My phone won’t let me uninstall it. And it shows it’s off yet every now and then it rears it’s ugly head.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
adb devicesand allow USB debugging for this PC on your phoneadb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.apps.geminiYou can do that with any app you like, they can all be disabled that way. Beware though: if you disable critical system components (like e.g. your last launcher, keyboard or systemui) you might not have a great time using your phone afterwards.
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Use Canta & Shizuku You can uninstall pretty much everything
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
!degoogle@lemmy.ml
Dojan@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
As far as I know, on Pixel phones it’s integrated. Discovered that my work phone (Pixel 6) suddenly has it, I’ve never installed it, and I can’t remove it.