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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by Aachen on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @08:01AM (#48021295)
You don't install software on your machines that didn't come pre-installed/configured?
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by chneu on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @08:54AM (#48021874)
They're literally asking for a paid YouTube feature to be free "out of the box". Lol wild.
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by sevenzero on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:20AM (#48022184)
Nah I want general media playback in the background. Doesn't matter if its Youtube or any other platform. I dont want giga corpos to monetize my attention. Youtube does well enough from ads anyway ;)
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