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this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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Yeah, and like I said, claiming that the directive forbids software from installing its features on your computer is patently ridiculous. The directive is trying to forbid tracking cookies and doesn't cover anything the user explicitly requests to install. When the user installs Google Chrome, they're explicitly installing Google Chrome and its features, including the AI features, and so the directive does not apply. If the user doesn't like what the software does, they can choose to uninstall it.
This interpretation of the directive would also make all automatic updates illegal, be it Chrome extensions, Chrome itself, Windows Update, Steam's game updates, etc. Which, you know, is obviously not the case. So I must belabour the point: the argument is absolutely ridiculous.