The article is mostly an interview with one of the researchers that produced the study. Don’t like the headline? Fine. Just read what that researcher has to say.

How can you write so many words but say so little.

With search there’s only a single “Gemini Settings” that is found. That opens a wizard for me. On the second page, after scrolling all the way down, I can select “No thanks”. That’s what I was referring to. I was wondering if that’s enough.

I have Android 16 on a Pixel 8 but no Gemini. Is it not installed if I chose “No thanks” when I got the info screens about it?

Win 11 got so bad over the last years that Linux is the better option now.

To keep using walled gardens like Youtube, Reddit or Discord in an effort to share and preserve knowledge is just a losing proposition. The sooner we stop using them, the less of a headache it will be when the companies behind these gardens decide it’s finally time to cash out and start to charge for access.

The knowledge you grow in a walled garden doesn’t belong to you.

Why would I pay for premium if it doesn’t remove the ads? It’s like they don’t do market research and just make shit up.