[pveierland]

Just disabled the "Smart features" setting in Gmail. Disabling this feature force-disables these other settings:

- Grammar

- Spelling

- Auto-correct

Pretty dark UX to force users into an all AI or nothing situation.

PS1: Yes, I've paid for Google One for years and I'm not just a free user.

PS2: Yes, these features are entirely possible to provide without training on your specific user data.

[nunez]

These don't disable Gemini. You can disable it completely if you pay for Workspace, but you can also use a Hide Gemini extension to hide most pop-ups and nags.

[xigoi]

It used to be that you had to buy a premium version of software to get more features, now you have to buy the premium version to disable features you don’t want…