[karaterobot]

Right. Another thing is that it's not clear whether they're inserting an advertisement into the conversation in a way that's visible to the other person, or if they're only trying to bring up on-screen help for the local user. The former seems much, much more intrusive than the latter. I'd still like the option to turn off either of them, but I don't really consider Clippy-esque eagerness to be sinister as much as presumptuous and annoying.

[KukicAdnan]

That's exactly what it is. In the Messages app if you enable Assistant Suggestions it'll usually give you quick replies based on the context of the conversation and sometimes offer app suggestions like set a calendar event or make a call. And you can turn it off if you don't want it.

[Loughla]

>I don't really consider Clippy-esque eagerness to be sinister as much as presumptuous and annoying.

I would give you that if Google was a small company without much experience in the field. But they're, what, the largest tech company that exists? There is no way this was approved without MANY conversations about the end user experience and what this actually does/is perceived.

At some point, benefit of the doubt goes out the window. And I would argue that a company the size of google should no longer get the benefit of the doubt.