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Love it or hate it, AI features are winding their way into virtually every aspect of our digital lives — from documents to music playlists, there’s no escape. Concerns about privacy and AI scraping have already prompted my colleagues to seek more privacy-focused alternatives to Google Drive, and I can’t say I blame them. In fact, I’ve been spurred into joining them.
Now, I must state that the easiest way to sidestep some AI concerns is to simply disable Google Drive’s AI features under Settings > Privacy > Manage Workplace smart features and turn off the toggle. Simple enough. However, I am also constantly running afoul of Google Drive’s storage limits, and I refuse to spring for the expensive 2TB plan. While I’ve always been somewhat bothered by entrusting my documents to a third-party, AI nonsense is finally the push I need to move another one of my services out of the cloud and back under my control.
