Honestly, what is happening at Google. Do they honestly not understand that some users might want to disable these icons? I had hoped this option would be added in the latest update, but clearly not.
Another highly dissatisfied customer here. I used Back Up and Sync for a couple of years without issue before "upgrading" to Google Drive for desktop. It keeps telling me "everything is up to date" but none of my files are actually updating in the "Computers" folder online (despite this being the option selected in my preferences menu). The desktop app itself keeps crashing. Going to start googling (ironic!) alternatives to this buggy program.