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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.

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Buying an Android phone is no longer enough — Google wants you to subscribe too (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

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Buying Android phone is increasingly just the entry fee for Google’s AI ecosystem.

The direction of travel is clear: Google is pushing AI harder and harder to redefine its ecosystem and bring new, powerful features to users. Android’s core OS remains free, but Google increasingly appears to view it less as a product and more as a delivery mechanism for its AI services. As those services become more central to the modern smartphone experience, many of the platform’s most ambitious features are also becoming subscription products.

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[–] zoostation@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

However, if you want to actually make use of Docs Live, Gemini Omni Flash, Gemini Spark, Information Agents, Google Pics, or the new Daily Brief, you’re going to have to hand over cash every month for a Gemini subscription.

Okay? So the bullshit I don't want costs money now? Fine. One of the convenient things about my Galaxy phone is that if I accidentally click on some AI bullshit feature, I can't even use it because I never created a Samsung account.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I got an email a little while ago about how they're raising the cost of Workspace because of the "added value that AI has brought". I immediately spent the next 15 minutes hunting down and disabling every AI feature. I really need to migrate away.