I tried using Gemini for work, but it falls apart the moment I leave Google's ecosystem

Gemini’s strongest value proposition is tight integration with Google Workspace, which can improve employee productivity by summarizing documents, surfacing email context, and automating work inside Google’s ecosystem. However, the article argues that its limited third-party connectivity outside Google creates a strategic constraint for enterprises, where work spans CRM, project management, and other non-Google systems; this increases the risk of AI becoming siloed rather than broadly operational. For CIOs and IT leaders, the key implication is that AI platform selection should prioritize interoperability and open integration standards, not just model quality or ecosystem depth.