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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by knollimar on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:24PM (#48031021)
I thought the issue with Java was that checkmark would check itself on update?

I was trying to draw that parallel but maybe I'm misremembering

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by xxs on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @05:27AM (#48034166)
that's not true. ask.com nonsese did ask consent and it was trivial to uninstall.
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