Google Workspace AI Features Degrade Core Productivity for Long-Term Users
Google is adding AI features that increase interface complexity and reduce reliability for power users who depended on stable, predictable tools for decades. New AI-generated suggestions and UI changes break established workflows without providing comparable utility. Long-term users feel locked in with no option to revert to pre-AI interface behavior.
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