▲ 648 ▼ Google Forcing Gemini Down Our Throats Feels aLot Like Microsoft and Internet Explorer, But More Insidious (slate.com) submitted 2 years ago by wreckingball4good@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 34 points 2 years ago (5 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Toribor@corndog.social 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) This is probably the most 'old man yells at cloud' thing about me but I hate voice assistants and they have yet to work consistently enough to be worth my time. It is completely insane to me that something simple like "Add ____ to the grocery list" has worked and stopped working multiple times for years now. How hard is that to get right? Cannot believe such a simple action is so inconsistent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago I think a lot of that has to do with that Google used to be a company with engineers wanting to make the best software. Now it's an ad agency that happens to have some software to make money, and they don't care about the software anymore. Money is not only bottom line, it's all the lines. You see the results in the quality of their software, it's all gone down hill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrTHXcertified@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago My Google smart speaker used to integrate with my shopping list app. The loss of that integration and other features makes it basically a glorified white noise machine now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah dude you're right. I have mine disabled and nuked as best as possible on my phone. I have no nest. No Google assistance puck. No Alexa. My home is not a smart home. There is a gun and a bottle of wild turkey next to my printer, and sometimes I make threats to it to ensure all my machines stay in line. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago There is a gun and a bottle of wild turkey next to my printer I wouldn't leave a gun in the printer's reach. The fucking thing will murder you in your sleep. Those things are the work of the devil and every day they continue to exist is a day too long. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* That's my biggest gripe with Gemini; it's not a proper replacement for Google Assistant and yet it's still treated as such. Feels like Google took at least two steps back when it comes to Gemini on Pixel devices... permalink fedilink source parent [–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I love the dedicated piracy folder lmao permalink fedilink source parent [–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Or I ask to go to Costco, and where Assistant previously would route me to the nearest one, Gemini sends me to one 80 miles away permalink fedilink source parent [–] bokherif@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They just slapped an LLM which tried to replace Google Assistant where the said LLM could not even do the most basic functions like setting up an alarm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Toribor@corndog.social 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) This is probably the most 'old man yells at cloud' thing about me but I hate voice assistants and they have yet to work consistently enough to be worth my time. It is completely insane to me that something simple like "Add ____ to the grocery list" has worked and stopped working multiple times for years now. How hard is that to get right? Cannot believe such a simple action is so inconsistent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago I think a lot of that has to do with that Google used to be a company with engineers wanting to make the best software. Now it's an ad agency that happens to have some software to make money, and they don't care about the software anymore. Money is not only bottom line, it's all the lines. You see the results in the quality of their software, it's all gone down hill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrTHXcertified@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago My Google smart speaker used to integrate with my shopping list app. The loss of that integration and other features makes it basically a glorified white noise machine now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah dude you're right. I have mine disabled and nuked as best as possible on my phone. I have no nest. No Google assistance puck. No Alexa. My home is not a smart home. There is a gun and a bottle of wild turkey next to my printer, and sometimes I make threats to it to ensure all my machines stay in line. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago There is a gun and a bottle of wild turkey next to my printer I wouldn't leave a gun in the printer's reach. The fucking thing will murder you in your sleep. Those things are the work of the devil and every day they continue to exist is a day too long. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago I think a lot of that has to do with that Google used to be a company with engineers wanting to make the best software. Now it's an ad agency that happens to have some software to make money, and they don't care about the software anymore. Money is not only bottom line, it's all the lines. You see the results in the quality of their software, it's all gone down hill. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrTHXcertified@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago My Google smart speaker used to integrate with my shopping list app. The loss of that integration and other features makes it basically a glorified white noise machine now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah dude you're right. I have mine disabled and nuked as best as possible on my phone. I have no nest. No Google assistance puck. No Alexa. My home is not a smart home. There is a gun and a bottle of wild turkey next to my printer, and sometimes I make threats to it to ensure all my machines stay in line. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago There is a gun and a bottle of wild turkey next to my printer I wouldn't leave a gun in the printer's reach. The fucking thing will murder you in your sleep. Those things are the work of the devil and every day they continue to exist is a day too long. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago There is a gun and a bottle of wild turkey next to my printer I wouldn't leave a gun in the printer's reach. The fucking thing will murder you in your sleep. Those things are the work of the devil and every day they continue to exist is a day too long. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* That's my biggest gripe with Gemini; it's not a proper replacement for Google Assistant and yet it's still treated as such. Feels like Google took at least two steps back when it comes to Gemini on Pixel devices... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I love the dedicated piracy folder lmao permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Or I ask to go to Costco, and where Assistant previously would route me to the nearest one, Gemini sends me to one 80 miles away permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bokherif@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They just slapped an LLM which tried to replace Google Assistant where the said LLM could not even do the most basic functions like setting up an alarm. permalink fedilink source parent
