FTA: For Bankston, the issue seems localized to Google Drive, and only happens after pressing the Gemini button on at least one document. The matching document type (in this case, PDF) will subsequently automatically trigger Google Gemini for all future files of the same type opened within Google Drive.
The author deliberately asked for at least one document to be scanned. He goes on to talk about all the other things that might be overriding the setting, other, potentially more specific settings that would override this.
I agree, there appear to be interactions that aren't immediately obvious, and what takes priority isn't clear. However, the setting was off, and the author did deliberately ask for at least one document to be scanned. Further, there author talks about Labs being on, and that could easily have priority over default settings. After all, that's sort of what Labs is about. Experimenting with stuff and giving approval to do these sorts of things.
The author deliberately asked for at least one document to be scanned. He goes on to talk about all the other things that might be overriding the setting, other, potentially more specific settings that would override this.
I agree, there appear to be interactions that aren't immediately obvious, and what takes priority isn't clear. However, the setting was off, and the author did deliberately ask for at least one document to be scanned. Further, there author talks about Labs being on, and that could easily have priority over default settings. After all, that's sort of what Labs is about. Experimenting with stuff and giving approval to do these sorts of things.