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Just disabled the "Smart features" setting in Gmail. Disabling this feature force-disables these other settings:

- Grammar

- Spelling

- Auto-correct

Pretty dark UX to force users into an all AI or nothing situation.

PS1: Yes, I've paid for Google One for years and I'm not just a free user.

PS2: Yes, these features are entirely possible to provide without training on your specific user data.



These don't disable Gemini. You can disable it completely if you pay for Workspace, but you can also use a Hide Gemini extension to hide most pop-ups and nags.


It used to be that you had to buy a premium version of software to get more features, now you have to buy the premium version to disable features you don’t want…




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