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[-] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

A single message now generates 20 different summaries and analyses, requiring a rack of GPUs and a diesel generator.

We're so lucky that electricity is unlimited and free, otherwise it might've caused a serious problem.

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Why is it never the other way around? I’m sick of EULA updates silently enrolling me into things i never asked for

[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

They are asking for legal trouble anyway, at least in Europe

[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

And we’ll just watch them either get slapped by an insignificant fine, or watch them weasel their way out of this again, by claiming they made you agree to some perpetual abandonment of rights, like they always do

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Plus the options are frequently hidden and unclear.

I thought disabling One Drive on my Windows machine would keep it from syncing to the cloud. Nope, it just changed where the files were stored but Windows copies it to One Drive even when One Drive isn't running.

In the case of google, I assume that turning off the Gemini bullshit doesn't have any impact on it copying all the content to their servers even if you don't see it happening.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 weeks ago

Most email is short. I don't see a need to summarize it. Google is run by idiots and assholes.

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ai will write complicated long mails, you'll need an Ai to summarise it

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

If an email needs to be summarized, I'm not going to read it anyway.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

ive actually used it at work for stuff like "when did Wendy approve the design? did she send it to brian?" when I have 5 different email threads over 3 different organizations, with 10 different respondees. But in personal use I would never.

[-] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

If mine could do that "find me the approval email for x last week" I'd use it, but if outlook had a decent search I wouldn't need it.

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Outlook has search?!

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Turned off by default in EEA, UK, Japan and Switzerland, for anyone interested (had to login to find out).

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago
  1. buy domain

  2. buy hosting

  3. get email

  4. use thunderbird

[-] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago

I run my own email and I have to say I wouldn't recommend it.

The biggest hassle is dealing with either Spamhaus or Microsoft, who apparently at random decide to put my IPs on blacklist, and who provide hurdles to working around this (for Spamhaus) or just say "no" (for Microsoft).

[-] kokomo@lemmy.kokomo.cloud 0 points 2 weeks ago

Mega brain move right here. Combined with a multitude of open source web mail clients and ur golden. SOGo and roundcube my beloved.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

that takes me back to mid 2000s and horde webmail :)

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

You go ahead and waste resources on summarizing the 200 emails a day in my spam account, you fucking morons.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Eat more AI! We’ve spent hundreds of billions of dollars on this fucking garbage, so EAT IT! Yeah! It’s in your email! It’s in your car! IT’S IN YOUR TEETH (launch date: Q2 2026)!

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cool, how do I disable this shit feature?

[-] donalonzo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Stop using the shit service.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

buy a computer
put my data in there
computer computes my data too much

FUCK

[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

How the hell can they even afford that?! There are so many Gmail users and so many emails a second and Gemini will summarize them all? That sounds so expensive and like a waste of resources

It is, but the bubble mustn't burst or the grifters will stop making money selling "the end of skilled labor" to braindead capitalists.

[-] kazerniel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ok this is the first step where I feel an actual urge to look for Gmail alternatives. (Been a Gmail user since like 2007.) I'm a desktop-only Gmail user, but I can see where this is going... :/ Also heavy user of Google Drive and Sheets, so it's going to be annoying if I have to replace all of them :/

[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

And that's why I set up forwarding from Gmail and Outlook to my new Tuta account.

In a few months I should be free, happily paying for EU alternative were the default swipe gesture stands for delete instead of archive.

[-] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Forwarding in itself doesn’t do shit as they still have your mail

But yea if you want to avoid Google's website that’s nice I guess

I would also use a mail alias service so you get more privacy and can switch mail host whenever you want

[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Both of the services have the option to delete all forwarded messages. This is simply the best first step in order to be able to review what accounts still work with the old addresses (via inbox rules) and slowly change them. I use addy.io for mail aliasing already, but that is not really related to gaining independence from those companies.

[-] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Your data goes through them. Some scanning could have already been done, and data has been sent. Sure it’s better than nothing, but it’s not better than fully switching

[-] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 weeks ago

That's ok :) All my important mails go to proton

[-] Natanael@infosec.pub 0 points 2 weeks ago

The Proton owner is Trump-y. Tuta is another option

[-] Zexks@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I can't go changing my email every time a ceo flips a switch and goes crazy. Your all gonna have to find something better than 'just try this other one'

[-] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Get your own domain and use it for mail routing to whichever email service of your choice. Afaik gmail offers this, and so does probably any other decent email provider. That way if a provider turns to shit, you just need to set up with a different one, but don't have to change any accounts.

Downside: you will have to pay for that domain for the rest of your life (or change all accounts again)

I've been meaning to do this for a while, maybe I'll finally do it now.

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