My main takeaway is that Google's AI efforts are still playing catch-up in the mindshare race even if they've long since caught up with or surpassed OpenAI technically. A huge number of people who are heavy users of ChatGPT or Claude may have never tried Gemini.
A huge number of people that use Google Docs and other products daily are trying really hard to avoid using it in spite of it being rammed down their throats to the point that leaving Google starts to look like a viable option. Oh, and of course you do pay for it even if you don't use it and never plan to use it.
Yeah, I changed my primary search engine to DuckDuckGo when Google started forcing incorrect AI results down my throat.
I have Userscripts setup to hide the AI mode buttons and other AI results.
Also in Google docs, gmail and so on?
I don't use those on my computer, so I guess I haven't run into it there. My setup is mostly for Google search and YouTube on both mobile safari and macOS Safari. For YouTube, I have hidden the shorts, community posts and any videos with less than 1000 views (almost always AI generated slop).