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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by detourdog on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @10:08PM (#48031300)
The old unix administrator would expect a platform to ship choice of JS that would be in /usr/bin/JS. The local administrator would add their local choice of JS /usr/local/bin/V8.

The browser would then have a configuration option of which JS interpreter to use.

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by sgbeal on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @03:54AM (#48033506)
> The browser would then have a configuration option of which JS interpreter to use.

Browsers could not make sensible use of a JS _binary_. Browsers are _deeply intertwined_ with their JS engines, requiring integration with a _library_. There is no such thing as hot-swappable JS engine libraries from different vendors.

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