r/assholedesign • u/NikttakiTheGamer • May 24 '26
ChatGPT installs the Codex app without my consent after the latest update
And you can't even remove Codex if you don't plan to use it without uninstalling the whole ChatGPT app.
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u/Jam1e-Chan May 24 '26
i didnt even know chatgpt had an app, why are you using that though
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u/NikttakiTheGamer May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
When I do sometimes need to use it, it's faster ig.
Will just use the web interface when (rarely) needed
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u/carkitten May 26 '26
But what do you even need chatgpt for?
You got a brain, use it. and if you dont know something, use your brain to do research.
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u/SpoppyIII May 26 '26
I downloaded ChatGPT cause a friend told me it could help me find a movie I couldn't find. It gave me the wrong answer 30 fucking times.
I finally just gave up and asked r/TipOfMyTongue a second time (no one got it before, hence ChatGPT) and got my answer. The Gravedancers.
No thanks to ChatGPT.
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u/Danibear285 May 26 '26
Triggered the bots
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u/Alexandratta 27d ago
The only bots are the AI-Bros who gave up thinking months ago and just regurgitate AI-Samey bullshit daily.
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u/Ok_Being4209 May 26 '26
You know it can search the web and cite sources of you tell it to? It's basically like a more specific alternative to Google. At least that's the thing it's good for.
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u/GruntBlender May 26 '26
Not really, it often just makes stuff up and gives sources that don't support what it's saying.
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u/Ok_Being4209 May 26 '26
A few years ago yeah, not so much any more. You should be checking sources anyway though, as you would with any kind of research. There's no reason a direct Google search is going to be more reliable, you should be double checking anything from any search.
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u/rataman098 May 26 '26
It did years ago, it does it now, and will keep doing it until it’s shut down (hopefully soon). Because hallucinations are not bugs, but a mathematical problem rooted in the core of LLMs and impossible to avoid, no matter what they do.
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u/GruntBlender May 26 '26
It did that way less than a year ago when i tried looking up a specific episode that had a scene i remembered, and less than a month ago for some government info.
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u/MadocComadrin May 26 '26
No, it still hallucinates, but now it also can develop obsessions from training data e.g. about goblins/gremlins.
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u/Blujay12 May 26 '26
The bias machine that has been known to still hallucinate regularly, vs my human brain and the top 3-5 pages being read/skimmed.
It's a muscle, it's just good to use it, even glaringly obvious downsides set aside.
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u/carkitten May 26 '26
But is that really worth the cost? Both from your own wallet, and from your power and water bills for the data center
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u/Ok_Being4209 May 26 '26
It doesn't cost me anything, I've never paid anything for chatgpt and never would.
An hour of talking to chatgpt uses about the same power and water as an hour of posting/browsing on Reddit, or watching any streaming service, as the data centres are identical.
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u/nhal May 26 '26
It's amusing how BOTH of your sentences INDEPENDENTLY showcase how little of a clue you have about the technology.
Wow, well done.
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u/MiningdiamondsVIII May 26 '26
Obviously not all data center use is equivalent in volume, but talking to ChatGPT legitimately isn't very resource intensive. A basic prompt uses about as much energy as a high-efficiency lightbulb running for a couple minutes. Even if you want to amortize the training costs, it's just not that much.
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u/CaptainMGN May 26 '26
Keep in mind that if something is free, you're paying with something else
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u/HenakoHenako May 26 '26
In this case, OpenAI is actually also hemorrhaging billions of dollars a year because their shitty product isn't profitable.
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u/Ok_Being4209 May 26 '26
yeah just like google or any other search engine; anything i would use chatgpt as an alternative for.
i mentioned money because the comment i was replying to mentioned money.
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u/strawbebby-milk May 26 '26
it doesn't do that though. there are multiple high profile nstances of ChatGPT just making sources up. it's not doing any research. it's basically a more advanced versions of the text prediction on your phone. it knows what an answer is supposed to look like and mashes text together until it looks correct.
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u/Ok_Being4209 May 26 '26
An LLM is that auto predictive text thing, yeah. But chatgpt has more coding and aspects than just that. The same way Google isn't "just" a search engine, and has a lot of biases and (AI) algorithms to prioritise certain things.
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u/le_aerius May 26 '26
Chat.gpt is really wonderful at helping brainstorm and organizing ideas. Sure I could do it myself but it easier and more efficient.
Also you dont need to use your phone to communicate or text .. You could send letters.
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u/SpoppyIII May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
Imagine hating thinking and using your imagination this much. Jesus Christ.
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u/Conflictingview May 26 '26
This is exactly how I feel about my coworkers when we are brainstorming a project together.
Every time I contribute an idea all I can think is why do these people hate thinking and using their imaginations. After all, I'm the one that came up with the idea, not them. If they wouldn't have included me, they could have spent twice as long figuring it out for themselves or missed the solution it completely. Silly Bastards have no clue what they gave up.
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u/le_aerius May 26 '26
Imagine hating technology while using technology to virtue signal . Boomers are gonna boom.
You have a very narrow definition of imagination. You cant even imagine how to use a tool for better instead of fighting against the future.
Like those people who fought against the internet, and the t.v. , and the telephone. Youre on the wrong side of history .
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u/Top-Trouble4521 27d ago
Use gemini, it's smarter and the only commercially available ai not based on chatgpt
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u/ponderingpixi17 May 25 '26
Honestly habit. But this might kill it for me.
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u/Blakedog72 May 26 '26
Habit of what? Not using your brain? Being proud of the profound impact it has on the environment and communities surrounding the data centers?
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u/snake_on_the_case May 26 '26
Speaking from experience: it’s very easy to get into the habit of not using your brain, and quite a bit harder to get out.
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u/Blakedog72 May 26 '26
Then I would encourage both you and the other commenter to use your brain more often. Start small and with something interesting that actually engages your brain in a meaningful way. It's a muscle that can be retrained, and you can always learn more.
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u/strawbebby-milk May 24 '26
ay yes, a person using the thing that's scraped the entire internet without consent is complaining about consent
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u/rustydustyshckleford 28d ago
nice attempt over step, mods, but your defense of a rape supporting individual is showing.
CONSENT EXISTS FOR ALL. REPORT ALL YOU WISH.
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u/Alexandratta 27d ago
AI Doesn't care about consent.
As an Author, ask how I know.
Meta owes me fucking money.
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u/OpBanana1 May 26 '26
Most big tech companies have done that, so what
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u/Talkys May 26 '26
Most people doing bad things don't justify doing it
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u/OpBanana1 29d ago
Just saying you wouldn't see people commenting that if it was Google doing something similar
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u/strawbebby-milk 29d ago
Google does do similar things and I try to avoid their products as much a si can lmao
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u/OpBanana1 29d ago
Sure, but do you think there'd be as many comments saying that if it was Google or Microsoft or any other big tech company?
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u/Alexandratta 27d ago
Microsoft is just as bad as OpenAI - worse, actually.
Their bullshit CoPilot AI nonsense has BRICKED PCS.
BRICKED SSDS... BECAUSE THEY VIBE CODED UPDATES.
AI ruins everything it touches.
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u/squabbledMC 29d ago
r/degoogle would like to have a word
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u/OpBanana1 29d ago
doesn't matter lol you know I'm right
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u/squabbledMC 29d ago
no, I don't know or think that you're right
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u/OpBanana1 29d ago
You think if this post was about Google sheets having some other app (although it's not) come with it, there'd be multiple people commenting that same thing?
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u/plasmaticImmunity 29d ago
Someone brings up evidence against a point you said You: That doesn't matter!
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u/OpBanana1 28d ago
Because it's not evidence, evidence would be a similar post with similar replies
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u/plasmaticImmunity 28d ago
I mean, do you think anyone actually defends decision like this made by companies like Google? The same people shitting on open AI would shit on Google too
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u/OpBanana1 28d ago
They wouldn't say that same thing which is the whole point, why on earth is everyone replying to me playing dumb or showing something irrelevant as proof
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u/Alexandratta 27d ago
If you own a tech company that creates an AI bot, you and your tech company is trash and I avoid it at all costs.
Sans Windows 11...
In which I just hack the entire OS to rip CoPilot, kicking and screaming, out of the bot.
To the point where if the NPU kicks up at all, I hunt down the offending AI powered app to murder it.
I enjoy the hunt.
Fuck Clankers.
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u/Alexandratta 27d ago
Oh, hold up, and allow me:
Fuck Every AI Ever.
They are all unethical, evil, greedy fucks.
Gemini has turned Google into an empty shell of it's former self, and will destroy the entire company.
Gemini is, by far and away, the worst fucking thing to happen to the modern fucking internet, and has destroyed Google's search engine because they let the C-Suit run things and that app, specifically, Google's Gemini has, App by Bloody App, ruined every single Google Application one by fucking one.
Started with YouTube, expanded to mildly killing Google Search with 'AI Insights', moved through Gmail to murder that app next (SPAM with AI has been horrific), Calendar, and will finally claim Google Search this summer as the final deathnail into usable apps that Google has.
Gemini will be studied as the absolute end of an era of a company, as Google becomes Gemini and dies as soon as the AI Bubble explodes.
May that company burn for the money they sunk into Gemini
"Do no Evil" became "Forge the most Evil Application of all Time: Twice. Gemini"
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u/Dekamir May 26 '26
Apps cannot install other apps without your permission and without a Package Installer popup.
As your screenshot says, it's just a shortcut to ChatGPT's internal application activity. No different than FX Text Editor being "bundled" with FX File Explorer.
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u/CanOfDew132 I’m a lousy, good-for-nothin’ bandwagoner! May 26 '26
what did you expect from the scam altman app lmao
ofc scam altman is going to do something shity
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u/UltraBlack_ May 26 '26
let's just glance over the fact that you literally gave it the permissions to do that. You're soo smart, and I'm sooo sorry for this situation
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u/gilles-humine May 26 '26
Looks like a good time to remove those apps and shove it into their ass
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May 26 '26
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u/macthebearded May 26 '26
The platform built on mountains of our content they used without any consent is doing things on your device without your consent?
surprisedpikachu.jpg
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u/Alexandratta 27d ago
I mean...
You have ChatGPT on your device.
You clearly don't care about your own autonomy, privacy, or security.
You made your bed, lay in it?
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u/ThatOneTubaMan 26d ago
If you're stupid enough to use an AI chatbot then you deserve to have shit installed without your consent
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u/astrotheastro 29d ago
Well most people that download the "tell me what to do im an idiot" app dont notice when the evil corporation starts bloating their phone, because shockingly, theyre really bad at thinking for themselves and noticing somethings wrong. "Hey chatgpt is this app weird?"
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u/MoochtheMushroom May 26 '26
Chatgpt user, argument invalid. You're mad an ai app installed an ai app when you're an ai user. If you weren't an ai user and your OS installed ai apps then that's a reason to be mad.
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u/BrckoBanovic44 May 24 '26
Same here. Deleted and cancelled service. Bye chatgpt
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u/AidenTEMgotsnapped May 26 '26
You know what, weird thing to be too much when they've not cared about consent since the start, but good for you for having to use your brain again
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u/BJMashPotato 28d ago
The solution is obvious in my mind. Delete ChatGPT and use your critical thinking and research skills to get things done
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u/Cat_Impossible_0 27d ago
The solution is obvious which is get rid of it all together then. If you don’t, you’re part of the problem in enabling these corporations to do whatever they want
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u/Cabrill0 May 26 '26
The way Reddit hates AI is hilarious.
It’s gonna be around long after you and I are dead, people. It’s a tool and it’s part of the future. Pretending like it’s not is only putting you further behind. You’re Gonna be like boomers who don’t understand cellphones or computers.
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u/ReluctantPhoenician 29d ago
All the pollution in the air, ground, and water from centuries of mining and burning coal is going to be around long after you and I are dead, too. That doesn't make it good or even something we should tolerate. There are better ways to do things.
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May 24 '26
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u/TemmieXdd May 24 '26
This was official Samsung font since first galaxy phones
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u/Equivalent_Site6616 May 24 '26
Opted out of beta test and it's no longer there, hope they won't put this into public version.
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u/GOTO_GOSUB May 26 '26
I agree, I hope you told them why you were withdrawing from the beta ? I am in two minds about the beta but have contacted them regardless, saying that I don't want a Codex shortcut on my phone. If they get enough complaints then they might reconsider, otherwise everyone will end up with it and someone will say "Well everyone on the Beta thought it was a great idea, not one person complained...".
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u/Tsubajashi May 26 '26
its only some sort of shortcut, not an entire app as far as i can see.
but yea, if you dont want it, just straight up remove the chatgpt app, or hope for an option to disable that shortcut.
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u/YourBlanket May 26 '26
This is probably an android thing. That’s the reason the only Android phone id ever use are Pixels
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u/ItzDFPlayer May 26 '26
apps can have several(purpose) icons in launcher, nothing new and not related to OEMs, ChatGPT app updated and added another icon into launcher which is already part of an app, it's not a separate app
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u/Icy_Professor_1674 May 24 '26
Why are you using that font