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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by k33n on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @08:42PM (#48030739)
> just shut up and sit down and accept it?

I mean, that's absolutely your only option other than simply choosing another browser. This will be a non-issue for 99% of Chrome users.

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by forgetfreeman on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @11:46PM (#48031918)
quietly uninstalls Chrome
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by tags2k on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @04:23AM (#48033684)
It's a Brave new world.
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by lproven on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @08:02AM (#48035240)
https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by sterlind on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @12:37AM (#48032222)
I'm surprised so many people still use Chrome. there are perfectly serviceable browsers which block ads. do normies not know you can block ads if you use a different browser?
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by kirenida on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @12:46AM (#48032279)
They don't. A large number of them don't even care. Some even click on all of the "allow this site to send you notifications" and then proceed to get spammed by hundreds of notifications on their phone/PC. And don't mind it.
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by xp84 on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @10:53PM (#48044892)
You are very right, though it's difficult for those of us here to imagine it. 20 years ago, people would browse the Web through a 11-inch by 4 inch slit because all the adware toolbars had nearly occluded the whole viewport. Today most of the webpages themselves look like that without an adblocker and most people just tolerate it. And even click the ads!
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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by account42 on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @04:24AM (#48033694)
It clearly isn't the only other option - otherwise you wouldn't have people like you and others in this thread being outraged about people taking one of the other options.

That we as a society are beholden to corporations is a myth those corporations want you to believe but its not how things actually work. If we come together to say no then those corporations either comply or will cease to exist.

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by k33n on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @11:50AM (#48037634)
What did I say that made you think I’m outraged? If a product isn’t suiting you, just use a different product. Personally, I switched to Firefox years ago.

I’m a bit confused about the activist mindset being applied to a web browser, as if there’s some kind of human right that entitles you to dictate what will or won’t be bundled inside Chrome.

If the internet was like this in 2015, there would have been riots over Chrome implementing DRM for video. Widevine?! Not on our watch!

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