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Gmail users warned to opt out of new feature - what we know (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] madjo@feddit.nl 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That site is cancer on mobile. Can anyone TLDR this article for me?

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] madjo@feddit.nl 2 points 4 hours ago

It would've been nice if malwarebytes had actually fact checked those steps to turn off smart features for the app on mobile. Because as they are right now, it only works on the desktop version of gmail.com despite what they claim in the steps themselves.

Here's how to turn it off on iOS:

  1. Open the gmail app
  2. Tap on the hamburger menu (top left) and scroll all the way down and tap on "Settings"
  3. Go to "Data privacy" option in the settings menu (they omitted this step on Malwarebytes)
  4. Turn off "Smart features"
[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 10 points 20 hours ago

i closed reader view and scrolled just to see and wow the POPUPS and 50% of the page length being ads

WHAT

who uses the internet like this and finds it acceptable?!

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Google extended their Smart features with AI. It can be disabled in the settings, presumably if you haven't already.

I visited Gmail earlier today, and it gave me onboarding with information and the choice of enabling or not. I'm in the EU, dunno if that makes a difference.