There are Google-free Android ROMs
You can also disable Google Assistant on any device
But then you’d still have a googled phone.
Yes but the meme specifically references being forced to use Google assistant.
Not for every phone. I’d love to get a fairphone, but those are getting more and more expensive. I can’t afford those. Phones are BS nowadays
Degoogle your life
Google: Hey we have this assistant feature . .
Me: No
Google: If you decide you want to try out new assistant . .
Me: No
Google: All you gotta do is …
Me: No
Me: Hmm I wonder what the quickest way to the event would be
Google Assistant: lol hey I was listening just in case you needed me, would you like my recommendations on clothes you can buy for the event?
… One Android update later
Me: skips “new on android” screen
Me: wonder what this new button does tap
Google Assistant: heyheyheeey
Wassa wassa wassa wassa wassuuuuuuuup? Google Assistaaaaaaaaaant!
Mesa called Goo Goo Assist.
Got an AUX to USB-C adapter that likes to malfunction and call upon Google Assistent when plugging it first in. Deactivated it, but the damn Popup still appears telling me that Google assistent is deactivated. Just a plain nuisance
The only time I hear the blasted thing is when I don’t hold the power button down long enough on my Bluetooth receiver in the car and for some reason the assistant thinks I’ve summoned it. Begone foul beast. You taint my vehicle with your presence.
The old assistant was decent but the AI one is a dumpster fire.
The old assistant wasn’t bad, especially before they put lens in the search widget instead of being off in its own place where it belongs so that I can uninstall it.
I thought Gemini needed 6 more months of development to be ready for prime time. Apparently I wildly underestimated it. Simple tasks barely work and it offloads anything useful to the old assistant anyway.
I set up a separate assistant button because the assistant on the search bar, even without Gemini, only searches now. I use Firefox so I don’t need it for search. I use it to add things to my to do list and to set timers, the only two things voice assistants are good for in my life.
I don’t understand why they won’t just let me use technology the way I want to use it rather than trying to force me to use it their way. Well, I refuse to understand even though I kind of get it (if I used shit the way I wanted they’d never have the opportunity to show me an advertisement).
Edit: clarity
Simple tasks barely work and it offloads anything useful to the old assistant anyway.
Even worse, some more obscure things I used Google Assistant for, like a coin throw, are not even forwarded to the old assistant. I only get a “I’m sorry, but I can’t do that, but I can explain to you what a coin is”.
How did you set up the button? Is there a widget for it I did not see?
