alt Hacker News> I feel like you're getting at something different here, but my conclusion is that maybe the problem is the approach of wanting to monetize each interaction.
Personally, Google lost me as a search customer (after 25 years) when they opted me into AI search features without my permission.
Not only am I not interested in free tier AI services, but forcing them on me is a good way to lose me as a customer.
The nice thing about Apple Intelligence is that it has an easy to find off switch for customers who don't care for it.
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> The nice thing about Apple Intelligence is that it has an easy to find off switch for customers who don't care for it.
Not even only that, but the setup wizard literally asks if you'd like it or not. You don't even have to specifically opt-out of it, because it's opt-in.
Google is currently going full on Windows 10, for 'selected customers', with Gemini in Android. '(full screen popup) Do you want to try out Gemini? [Now] [Later]' 2 hours later... Do you want to...
This sort of nagging and spam should be illegal.