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They don't want you to opt out. Then they can't brag to the shareholders about Chrome being "AI Powered" You're not even the customer when it comes to Google.
by wolvoleo 6mo ago
They don't want you to opt out. Then they can't brag to the shareholders about Chrome being "AI Powered"
You're not even the customer when it comes to Google.
- data-ottawa 6mo agoI was not happy when they added Gemini to the top bar, in its own place that nothing else gets to use.
- sidewndr46 6mo agoDon't forget the metric saying "99.97% of user have installed this" even though less than 1% of users know it exists, much less use it
- zamadatix 6mo agoOr "25% of users have used this in the last month" when it's made so easy to accidentally trigger it that the real usage is a few % at most.
- sidewndr46 6mo agoit could easily be "after we replaced an existing UI element with a button to launch this instead, adoption increased 9001% month over month"
- lkramer 6mo agoat this point you're barely the product either. You're more a passive platform for them to execute their strategy on.
- wolvoleo 6mo agoTotally agreed. I was thinking about how to word it but I was giving up. But I would consider us users to be more like an asset on their balance sheet. Not something they would care about the opinion of.
- mcmcmc 6mo agoMore like livestock tbh. Only instead of wool or meat or eggs being harvested, it’s mindshare and attention that they depend on
- pier25 6mo ago> Then they can't brag to the shareholders about Chrome being "AI Powered" Or at least justify the hundreds of billions they are burning