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4 days agoI generally use Google assistant to do about 4 things.
Check the weather, set a timer for X minutes, remind me to do something later today (ie: get the mail at 4) and set an alarm.
After ‘upgrading’ to Gemini I tried to get it to set a timer or something and it wanted access to all kinds of information that is irrelevant to setting a goddamn timer.
I promptly disabled it and went back to Google assistant, which does these 4 basic things without prying into my everyday life.
The screen consumes orders of magnitude less energy than what it takes to move the car. It’s not even worth taking into account.