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Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no
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this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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Just install GrapheneOS on your device and AI is pretty much gone
I will definitely give it a shot, I've loaded an alternate OS on a phone before but it was more about customization then. Hopefully there will continue to be options like this for people who prefer to use their own brain and don't mind pressing buttons instead of giving voice commands. I don't want to talk to inanimate objects I talk to myself enough.
GrapheneOS will feel very different, and quite a bit less of the "fun" customization options, since its goal is security.
I'm not a huge phone user to begin with so thats fine as long as I can change some colors here and there, I prefer less fancy tbh for instance I like the i386-dark theme here.
I am the same, so it wasn't an issue for me either. I just wanted to confirm that you were not going to get the previous "fun" ROM experience.