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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by prepend on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @02:51PM (#48040064)
I don’t run Chrome and Google on my phone because they are so big on disk.

The only reason I ever install Google temporarily is because gmail requires it to log in.

Giant apps on phones is quite frustrating because some of us have small storage.

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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by KoolKat23 on Thursday May 07, 2026 @06:45PM (#48056084)
My 2011 Lenovo has 4GB ram yet everyone will tell me new PC's requiring more is "progress", this is not anything new.
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