To be fair, that setting exists already for quite a while (and I've turned it off ages ago on my gmail account). Good to remind people to check once in a while whether it's still turned off, but it's not like they did this yesterday.

Here's the post from january 2025 about exactly this interface.

workspace.google.com/blog/prod…

Updated smart feature settings to give users more choice and control

Learn how our updated smart feature settings make it easier to manage your data

^{Yulie Kwon Kim (Google Cloud)}

second toot about this today - how is this "breaking" when I already switched it all off the last time it was "breaking" two or three months ago?

(I verified it's all still off...)

Will share the link with family who need to hear it from "someone else".

Had to go Proton for all bc every time I attempted to sign up w Tuta for a account (paid annually after sign-up) I was flagged as potential abuser. With VPN. W/O VPN. Multiple devices, IPs, and browsers over a two-month period. 🤷🏻

That said, I still appreciate what you do. Disappointing to not have been able to sign up and pay. 💰 Maybe fix that. -Random midwestern parent who likes privacy and technology 👍

Anyone who thinks Google gonna honor that setting its a fool.

Google will keep raping everything you put on their servers, like they have being doing forever.

Unfortunately the Gemini star icon remains active so you can accidentally click on it.

It's a problem on the small top area of the Gmail app on an iphone

I already turned off smart features, anticipating this.

Only use my gmail for trash and unimportant logins though at least

To skip potential UX variants this direct link mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#sett… may be a good starting point.
(& don't use evil G's services at all!)

#howTo