Photo of a Google Pixel phone showing that updates are needed to Google Assistant before the device one supposedly owns can be powered off.

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1. Julian Oliver (julianoliver@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 17:41:12 JST Julian Oliver

   While liberating a Pixel phone I came across this poetry, and on the day Google is convicted of illegal market monopoly in the US: the power button itself, the interface to switching off a device one supposedly owns, is intercepted by a Google 'AI' product. The device can not be powered off, even using buttons as described, without first downloading software from the company.

   This domineering and invasive interface culture has to be stopped.