Google’s Gemini Mac App Is Native, in a Distinctly Google Way, But Annoyingly Presumptuous

Two months ago Google launched a new native Mac app for Gemini. I’ve been trying it, on and off, since. It’s ... not bad. Certainly better than Claude’s Electron shitbox. But the Gemini app isn’t all that good, either. I’m sticking with ChatGPT, which remains far and away the best native Mac client to an LLM. (And ChatGPT is not that great of a Mac app — it’s just the closest to good of the bunch.) The thing that really turns me off about the Gemini Mac app is Google’s gall. The Gemini app installs a backgr