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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by phs318u on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @07:45AM (#48021146)
Kagi’s Orion browser on iOS is able to play YT vids in the background.
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by dspillett on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @05:10AM (#48034030)
I suspect that if youtube's metric show that enough people are doing that (without paid accounts) it'll stop by default for the same reasons it stopped in FF.
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