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It's interesting how ChromeOS respects your choices more than Windows here. There is a setting to disable Google Drive and it just works. It won't auto-enable,

It's interesting how ChromeOS respects your choices more than Windows here. There is a setting to disable Google Drive and it just works. It won't auto-enable, no popups or nags or anything. Even Google Docs/Workspace falls back to a trimmed down offline version.

crote 1y ago
On the other hand, Android keeps nagging me about enabling backups in Google Photos. I'm always one accidental click of the huge "Okay!" button in an unexpected popup away from having my data being uploaded to Google.
- a022311 1y ago
  I've solved this long ago by disabling the app. Sadly, that means I can't view videos in the gallery, but I believe it's a fair compromise. I'd recommend taking a look at open source alternatives like Lavender Photos [1] or Fossify Gallery [2] [1]: https://github.com/kaii-lb/LavenderPhotos https://github.com/kaii-lb/LavenderPhotos [2]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery
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- distances 1y ago
  This was a genuinely baffling product decision. I couldn't continue using Photos due to this nagging dialog. Google has another photo gallery app called just Gallery, that's what I'm now using. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photosgo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
9x39 1y ago
The PMs can't start out being aggressive, though, that comes after dominating the market, right? ChromeOS and Google Drive are generally good products which are probably so as to get penetration and stickiness. Perhaps Gmail is a better example to see the incumbent acting as it wishes, enabling and disabling features without worry about the end user's POV.
close04 1y ago
After setting up an Android phone for someone recently, I think it's stuffed with dark patterns. The amount of times that OS was pushing me to enable or opt-out from syncing different things to their cloud and generally sabotage the privacy via various settings was staggering. Windows is certainly on the same path but I'm not sure how far ahead or behind they are in the competition to screw their users over with these dark patterns. They only have to trick you once.
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crote 1y ago

On the other hand, Android keeps nagging me about enabling backups in Google Photos. I'm always one accidental click of the huge "Okay!" button in an unexpected popup away from having my data being uploaded to Google.

a022311 1y ago
I've solved this long ago by disabling the app. Sadly, that means I can't view videos in the gallery, but I believe it's a fair compromise. I'd recommend taking a look at open source alternatives like Lavender Photos [1] or Fossify Gallery [2] [1]: https://github.com/kaii-lb/LavenderPhotos https://github.com/kaii-lb/LavenderPhotos [2]: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery
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distances 1y ago
This was a genuinely baffling product decision. I couldn't continue using Photos due to this nagging dialog. Google has another photo gallery app called just Gallery, that's what I'm now using. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photosgo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

9x39 1y ago

The PMs can't start out being aggressive, though, that comes after dominating the market, right? ChromeOS and Google Drive are generally good products which are probably so as to get penetration and stickiness. Perhaps Gmail is a better example to see the incumbent acting as it wishes, enabling and disabling features without worry about the end user's POV.

close04 1y ago

After setting up an Android phone for someone recently, I think it's stuffed with dark patterns. The amount of times that OS was pushing me to enable or opt-out from syncing different things to their cloud and generally sabotage the privacy via various settings was staggering. Windows is certainly on the same path but I'm not sure how far ahead or behind they are in the competition to screw their users over with these dark patterns. They only have to trick you once.

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