I usually am a pretty happy user of Google's products but they have really ruined the experience for me (and on top of that they are charging extra for the privilege of ruining the experience). Is there a way to completely and permanently get rid of Gemini in such a way that my normal workflow isn't continuously interrupted by Google pushing their bug-ridden and unnecessary AI contraption? If not, I will probably have to get rid of Google entirely, which will be a massive piece of work but I'm really done with having my train of thought interrupted 30 or more times per day by popups or 'helpful' suggestions that only serve to illustrate how incredibly immature the AI field still is.
What we have done so far:
- disabled AI suggestions where ever such options were given - removed the App components to the point that normal device functionality is not impeded - searched online to see if there is still more that we can do
Ironically just typing this query into google still gives me an AI overview (despite these being disabled) which contains a whole raft of nonsense advise.
If it takes a browser (Firefox) extension to do the job I'm game. I only want to see the word 'Gemini' when it relates to Alan Parsons records or to Zodiac signs.
Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
The only winning move is not to play.
Ask me how I discovered this. :-)
Is this what you are looking for?
I hate to draw any conclusions for said Google product managers, but it’s clear that they have failed utterly on a professional level. Perhaps it’s time for them to assess if their professional failure has tipped their whole lives into the realm of negative return on investment and to question whether it’s worth it for society to continue sustaining their existence.
We tested out proton’s ‘business suite’, and it just doesn’t come close. Proton Pass is nice, but the ‘drive’ feature doesn’t have anything remotely close to what the Google Drive / Docs / Sheets / Slides ecosystem has. It also seems relatively new, so we’ll revisit it in a few months hopefully.
We also tested out Microsoft teams, and no, just no.
It’s just really convenient to onboard employees and the browser management with chrome is ultimately the deciding factor, as well as not having to worry about email deliverability.
I feel like there is a somewhat big market for someone who wants to take on the Google workspace / MS teams products. For the most part, I feel like this wouldn’t be difficult to build besides the email deliverability part being most crucial. Along with forking chromium or Firefox and reimplementing the browser management system, which also can maybe be done with an extension.
It's understandable that Google can't run every search query through AI, but the hack they pulled in order to make it appear that way isn't delivering value, and looks bad.
That's either idiocy, or else part of some very clever master plan.
Just look at this submissions itself and thread under this topic. People are calling the AI overviews "Gemini".
But when you use the actual Gemini (e.g. free 2.5 Flash, at gemini.google.com), it's immediately apparent that it's in a different league compared to the search overviews.
Why not the American second manned spaceship? Gemini was a really good step ahead at the time.
Back to the question - Firefox with maybe some extensions, DuckDuckGo for search - that should be enough. If not, there is Gmail and Google Maps to cut. If it still doesn't work, on a fresh computer/OS, preferably with VPN... that could be more interesting. Let us know.
When I try adding udm=14 I get a 302. I send no cookies, I never search while "logged in". YMMV.
I had to explicitly enable it multiple times now. I had to enable it to get it on home dot. Then again to get access to the widget.
>I usually am a pretty happy user of Google's products but they have really ruined the experience for me (and on top of that they are charging extra for the privilege of ruining the experience). Is there a way to completely and permanently get rid of Gemini in such a way that my normal workflow isn't continuously interrupted by Google pushing their bug-ridden and unnecessary AI contraption?
Is it really forcing itself on your this much? Like i only interact with it when i want to.
>Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Buy an iphone?
Having said that, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview is by far the most useful model available with Kagi Pro - at least as far as my experience goes.
I personally find the search summaries helpful more often than not, and it works nicely in products like Google Sheet.
There is an extension posted here a few days ago that you could try [0], but I think that's only for search summary.
[0] https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/block-google-ai-overview...
I have a Google workspace as well and Gemini was recently included. I don’t really see it bugging me to much. In the Gemini console (Gemini.google.com??) it works quite nice and I actually find I use it more than I’d have thought, positively
The rest seems here to stay. I've gotten popups offering me to summarize 1-line emails on Gmail..
Google search, I haven't used in ages. Duckduckgo as others have said.
Funny enough, I do use Gemini. On the chatbot page. Explicitly.