Meanwhile in dystopia news:
1. In Android 13 they made it even harder to disable Google Assistant. I activated it by accident like 3 times trying to disable. The first thing I did was uninstall Google Assistant, but this turns out not to disable Google Assistant instead it shuts you out from disabling Google Assistant. That is, to disable Google Assistant you must first install Google Assistant. Then you have to be careful not to tap it— that activates it— you MUST long-press and tap "Settings"