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Re:Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to h... by giancarlostoro on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:06PM (#50434260)
> It’s not clear

It's really embarrassing that Google does these things, its even more embarassing that their UI / UX is just really awful and all over the place. I've never been in the shoes of having to push a dark pattern into production, but I can't help but feel I'd start looking to work literally anywhere else.

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Re:Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to h... by scuttlebutt98 on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:14PM (#50434345)
You have to remember that Google is first and foremost a data company. I don't want to sound conspiratorial but every misclick or misunderstood permission window does give Google more data which means more money.
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Re:Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to h... by giancarlostoro on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:19PM (#50434383)
Sure, but its just annoying. Remember the employees came up with the "Don't be evil" slogan, which wasn't even official, but I'm sure people working here patted themselves on the back over it, well, this is all evil.
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Re:Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to h... by scuttlebutt98 on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:31PM (#50434484)
Yep true. But I've learned to stop worrying about it long ago. A corporation's gonna corpo. Best we can do is avoid using their services and work on better open source alternatives.
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Re:Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to h... by monegator on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:26PM (#50435699)
yet they cannot give the simplest thing back, like letting me set the goddamn language for the tool instead of assuming based on location
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Re:Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to h... by j16sdiz on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:51AM (#50436583)
Yes, but many data company lure just giving up data by providing reasonably good service. Google is just doing the bare minimal shitiest service.
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Re:Google Gemini routes personal Drive files and emails to h... by littlecranky67 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:36AM (#50437218)
Google (especially Android) is one giant dark pattern.
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