this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Is this a US thing? I tried to go to the /extensions subpage but I get routed to the main page every time.

[–] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably testing in us to roll out to everyone else later

[–] Noerknhar@feddit.org 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Oisteink@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

I’m covered by gdpr but it was active. Links maybe fixed?

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

In the US, I didn't see an extensions page either.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 month ago

It's likely changed by now or they canceled the roll out. All this happened several months ago. Including push back of pissed people and that a lot of ai stuff hasn't worked all that reliably.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

The picture shows Jan 20th, so it may have all been changed since this was posted

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are you logged in to your Google account? It works for me when I’m logged in, but otherwise redirects.

[–] theit8514@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Using a normal Google account it has a bunch of checkmarks on https://gemini.google.com/u/1/apps but this is not available on my Workspace account.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah same here. My Google. Apps / g suite / workspace / whatever you call it doesn't allow it to turn off.

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I am, I even used Chrome to go to that page.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You should have been rerouted to a /apps subpage asking what apps you wanted to use Gemini in.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to https://gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to https://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

Edit: links now work again

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's off for me by default, not sure why

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is your location in google somewhere in europe?

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

UK I think, although after checking from a pc, google flights, hotels, and maps were enabled instead of greyed out like on mobile

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Might be a european thing, i need to check on my end

[–] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And the links no longer work.

Your second link will work if you remove the space before "gemini". I just used it and it worked fine.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks! Fixed

[–] viking 6 points 1 month ago

Thanks for that! I had most disabled, but missed one switch, or they just added it and made it on by default. Pesky bitches.

[–] gruhuken@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Extensions link just send me straight to the regular Gemini page no matter what. No way to find extensions from there

[–] Metz@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There is exactly zero chance this shit will fly in the EU.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

EU customers are opted out by default.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago

Uuuugghhghh. Must degoogle… faster!

Thanks, fyi for me I had to go to: https://gemini.google.com/apps for the first link.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So what you're saying is, clear out all of your documents and replace it with the most garbage fanfic gibberish you can find.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Yea is m offloading my Google photos and docs again soon.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

january 2025...!

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Important safety tip.

Thanks, Ray.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I agree with deleting forced installations. If I was presented with the option and chose yes, is there something detrimental about installing or using Gemini? I haven't used AI consciously yet but that is all I read about lately.

[–] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks. I just turned it all off.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I guess they learned nothing from Google Buzz.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What does that even mean? Did they integrate Gemini to all their core products?

That said, I use Gemini occasionally, and it seems useful to me, although I still take the information it generates with caution, and I prefer to read documentation for whatever I want to do, because I don't want to blindly follow what LLM's generate (that's just asking for problems).