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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini.

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  • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

    Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

    #darkpatterns

    Duckbilled Plattypus.P This user is from outside of this forum
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    Duckbilled Plattypus.
    wrote on last edited by
    #38

    @briankrebs I recently got a business email using a term that is a notorious red flag lawsuit bait. I emailed the sender to politely point it out. They were horrified and admitted AI re-wrote it when they asked AI to make it 'more approachable, nicer.' They forgot to add "and 100% compliant with all laws and regulations."

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    • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

      @briankrebs

      and this is why I am going back to the 1990's style email server, spool, and a terminal window client that reads text. Just like the old Unix days as K&R intended.

      loStronzoRoccoD This user is from outside of this forum
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      loStronzoRocco
      wrote on last edited by
      #39

      @dianea @briankrebs Text only is the way. I was actually talking about the benefits of reading text only email with a friend whose company wanted better formatting in their html based emails. Yeah. Fuck that, text lines up perfectly and doesn’t need anything fancy. Simple does not mean deprecated or useless.

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      • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

        Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

        #darkpatterns

        LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺L This user is from outside of this forum
        LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺L This user is from outside of this forum
        LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺
        wrote on last edited by
        #40

        @briankrebs no the X must be a "ask me again tomorrow "

        Continue mean enable it but do not make a demo,

        Try it now is enable it and make a demo

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        • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

          Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

          #darkpatterns

          Wendizen 🇺🇦W This user is from outside of this forum
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          Wendizen 🇺🇦
          wrote on last edited by
          #41

          @briankrebs I like the humaning part, where my brain has to do things. So GFY, Gemini.

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          • LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺L LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺

            @briankrebs no the X must be a "ask me again tomorrow "

            Continue mean enable it but do not make a demo,

            Try it now is enable it and make a demo

            ScoldyFingerWaggerH This user is from outside of this forum
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            ScoldyFingerWagger
            wrote on last edited by
            #42

            @lexinova @briankrebs
            All that little X means is "Hide this dialog"!

            It has no bearing on the contents of that dialog.

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            • ScoldyFingerWaggerH ScoldyFingerWagger

              @lexinova @briankrebs
              All that little X means is "Hide this dialog"!

              It has no bearing on the contents of that dialog.

              LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺L This user is from outside of this forum
              LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺L This user is from outside of this forum
              LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺
              wrote on last edited by
              #43

              @HereToChewGum @briankrebs in my case it was a sarcasm, to say their : Maybe / Yes / Yes is a dark pattern

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              • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

                Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

                #darkpatterns

                Paul_IPv6P This user is from outside of this forum
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                Paul_IPv6
                wrote on last edited by
                #44

                @briankrebs

                at least they're honest that it composes "confidently", not "correctly"...

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                • LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺L LΞX/NØVΛ 🇪🇺

                  @HereToChewGum @briankrebs in my case it was a sarcasm, to say their : Maybe / Yes / Yes is a dark pattern

                  ScoldyFingerWaggerH This user is from outside of this forum
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                  ScoldyFingerWagger
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                  #45

                  @lexinova @briankrebs

                  You could be inadvertently right tho. It can mean any of those depending in the case.

                  If I click on a result from a search engine and I get confronted by a similarly confusing dialog I never know which opton to take.

                  So recently I have been choosing to just close the tab...

                  It would be nice to have a R-click menu option to block that domain from the results of future searches.Is there an add-on for that?

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                  • Paul Chambers🚧P Paul Chambers🚧

                    @briankrebs You get the same type nag notification, with the elusive and unclear button naming and choices, for other Google products, like Photos and Home, when they add Gemini features. @MsMerope @kahomono

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                    MsMerope
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #46

                    @paul @briankrebs @kahomono

                    ugh... fortunately I have to use gmail. Both work and the volunteer group I help run use gmail.

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                    • Duckbilled Plattypus.P Duckbilled Plattypus.

                      @briankrebs I recently got a business email using a term that is a notorious red flag lawsuit bait. I emailed the sender to politely point it out. They were horrified and admitted AI re-wrote it when they asked AI to make it 'more approachable, nicer.' They forgot to add "and 100% compliant with all laws and regulations."

                      spvS This user is from outside of this forum
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                      spv
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                      #47

                      @pattykimura @briankrebs out of curiosity, i'm curious what the term was?

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                      • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

                        Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

                        #darkpatterns

                        Sam KurthS This user is from outside of this forum
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                        Sam Kurth
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #48

                        @briankrebs I started getting these today, on my "business" account (family) the drive to upgrade to a better version has been going on for months.

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                        • MsMeropeM MsMerope

                          @dianea @briankrebs

                          bring back Eudora!!!

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                          Raven Onthill
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                          #49

                          @MsMerope @dianea @briankrebs thunderbird is still around

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                          • Raven OnthillR Raven Onthill

                            @MsMerope @dianea @briankrebs thunderbird is still around

                            MsMeropeM This user is from outside of this forum
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                            MsMerope
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #50

                            @ravenonthill @dianea @briankrebs

                            It might be nap time
                            I wacky parsed that as:

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                            • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

                              Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

                              #darkpatterns

                              Chris AdamsA This user is from outside of this forum
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                              Chris Adams
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                              #51

                              @briankrebs this is why I switched to Fastmail. Google's not going to stop pushing Gmail in unfortunate directions until they have a completely different promotion culture.

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                              • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

                                Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

                                #darkpatterns

                                Dave bauerD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                Dave bauer
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                                #52

                                @briankrebs The concept is wild, are you confident or do you need help writing the email?

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                                • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

                                  Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

                                  #darkpatterns

                                  R4D10 411310947HYR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  R4D10 411310947HY
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #53

                                  @briankrebs classic tech "innovation," tactic. If they don't want it... Force them to use it.

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                                  • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

                                    Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

                                    #darkpatterns

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                                    Thea
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #54

                                    @briankrebs I have smart features & personalization disabled to turn off Gemini and I STILL get this message. Evil.

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                                    • spvS spv

                                      @pattykimura @briankrebs out of curiosity, i'm curious what the term was?

                                      Duckbilled Plattypus.P This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      Duckbilled Plattypus.
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #55

                                      @spv

                                      "good fit" vis a vis advertising employment preferences without directly naming acceptable qualifying required work-related attributes like "collaborative" or "detailed-oriented" or "timely" to explain context. This is because "good fit" can be (has been) used as an unlawful way to exclude qualified candidates who do not share race or gender or religion etc. attributes of the majority employed, ie "fit in".

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                                      • Duckbilled Plattypus.P Duckbilled Plattypus.

                                        @spv

                                        "good fit" vis a vis advertising employment preferences without directly naming acceptable qualifying required work-related attributes like "collaborative" or "detailed-oriented" or "timely" to explain context. This is because "good fit" can be (has been) used as an unlawful way to exclude qualified candidates who do not share race or gender or religion etc. attributes of the majority employed, ie "fit in".

                                        spvS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        spv
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #56

                                        @pattykimura interesting! thank you 😛

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                                        • BrianKrebsB BrianKrebs

                                          Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?

                                          #darkpatterns

                                          segfault cultS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          segfault cult
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                                          #57

                                          @briankrebs it's always a tough choice between continuing and continuing.

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